After 8 years, cat missing from Montreal turns up in Ottawa

Indie the cat did indeed come back, but it took her about eight years and a little help from the Ottawa Humane Society.

After years on the lam and with memories of adventures only she knows about, Indie the 11-year-old tuxedo cat has been reunited with her Montreal family after being found by a passerby in Ottawa.

How Indie ended up in the nation’s capital, 165 kilometres west of Montreal, remains a mystery.

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Stephen Smith, a spokesman for the humane society, says Indie was brought to them by a community member as a stray last week after she was picked up in the city’s Gloucester suburb.

The animal’s embedded microchip allowed authorities to track down her Montreal owners, who reunited with her in a touching moment four days ago.

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Smith says the fortunate reunion highlights the importance of microchipping your pet, which makes such homecomings more likely.

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