Two months after vanishing, pet cat turns up 1600 kilometres away in Florida
A cat who went missing from suburban Detroit for two months turned up more than 1600 kilometres away in Florida. Dearborn resident Judy Sanborn was shocked when she received a call in December from BluePearl pet hospital in Tampa, The Detroit Free Press reported. Staff told her they had her two-and-a-half-year-old tabby named Bandit. Staff told Sanborn that a local resident had found the cat, who'd been identified through his microchip. Jose Calderon, an emergency veterinary technician manager at BluePearl, said he's never seen an animal take such a long trip in his 30-year career. "A block over, a street over, or maybe even [from] Orlando, which is an hour away from us. This is the farthest away I've seen," he said. It's unclear how Bandit made the cross-country trek. Sanborn guesses he hitched a ride on a moving vehicle or was found by someone in Michigan on their way to Florida. Sanborn joked that she hopes Bandit isn't disappointe
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