A senior kitty is headed for home in Ontario after more than five years on the missing list for Find Lost and Escaped Cats (FLEC) in Greater Victoria.

The Colwood cat reported missing in late February was found not long later near Royal Bay bluff. But it wasn乌鸦传媒檛 actually the beginning of this cat乌鸦传媒檚 tale, FLEC president Jill Oakley said.

The Highlands resident runs FLEC and FLED (the original non-profit society launched in 2013 to locate dogs), but doesn乌鸦传媒檛 serve as administrator of the cat side of the business, so didn乌鸦传媒檛 have a name for the 13-year-old fluffy feline.

However, he was first reported missing about five years ago by his vet tech human. While she was forced to move away from Greater Victoria, the owner didn乌鸦传媒檛 ever give up hope, Oakley said.

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It turned out, the family that had the cat didn乌鸦传媒檛 realize he had a microchip. During the cat乌鸦传媒檚 latest escapade, the person who found him took him to a vet where the chip provided information about his original human 乌鸦传媒� now living in St. Catherines, Ont.

乌鸦传媒淚 think you could have knocked the owner over with a feather when they were contacted,乌鸦传媒� Oakley said, adding the woman is thrilled and working out details to get her pet home.

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This isn乌鸦传媒檛 the first time a cat will make an out-of-province trip to its original owner.

In 2018 a cat called Diva hitched a ride in a moving van from Calgary to Duncan, Oakley recalled. She was also microchipped and scored a flight back to Alberta.

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