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http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,18341588%5E421,00.html
A DEAF kitten missing from its Bondi home for two weeks was found more than a thousand kilometres away at Melbourne's St Kilda beach.
DC, an eight-month-old cat was flown back to Sydney last night and reunited with loving owner, Nicki Chapman, who had given up hope of ever seeing her beloved puss.
Ms Chapman had gone away on holidays, entrusting her cat with a friend, but the restless feline hit the road on February 19, escaping through an open window that was accidentally left open.
A woman walking her dog on St Kilda beach picked up the cheeky boy, who was playing on the beach and handed him over to a local vet, who checked his microchip.
It will never be known what adventures DC had or just how he came to be about 1050km away but his fate would never have been known had he not been micro-chipped.
Veterinarian Ian Russ from 4 Paws Neutral Bay said it would've been impossible for DC to walk that far in two weeks.
"He probably hitched a ride, either by car, bus, truck or boat and ended up in Melbourne and then he set up camp when he got a bit hungry," Dr Russ said.
"It's a pretty amazing story," he said.
A DEAF kitten missing from its Bondi home for two weeks was found more than a thousand kilometres away at Melbourne's St Kilda beach.
DC, an eight-month-old cat was flown back to Sydney last night and reunited with loving owner, Nicki Chapman, who had given up hope of ever seeing her beloved puss.
Ms Chapman had gone away on holidays, entrusting her cat with a friend, but the restless feline hit the road on February 19, escaping through an open window that was accidentally left open.
A woman walking her dog on St Kilda beach picked up the cheeky boy, who was playing on the beach and handed him over to a local vet, who checked his microchip.
It will never be known what adventures DC had or just how he came to be about 1050km away but his fate would never have been known had he not been micro-chipped.
Veterinarian Ian Russ from 4 Paws Neutral Bay said it would've been impossible for DC to walk that far in two weeks.
"He probably hitched a ride, either by car, bus, truck or boat and ended up in Melbourne and then he set up camp when he got a bit hungry," Dr Russ said.
"It's a pretty amazing story," he said.