Missing cat returns dwelling following 6 decades, comforts nurse battling COVID-19

CANADAIGIA, N.Y. (WTEN) – A cat lacking for six several years is again household just in time to comfort his operator, a nurse who’s battling COVID-19. 

“This is Charlie, he’s about 10 several years old,” reported Ashley Orians, although cuddling her orange tabby cat.  

They invested six years aside, but the bond among her and Charlie is much better than at any time. Their paths 1st crossed in 2010. 

“I found him on my college campus as a minimal small kitten with a damaged tail,” mentioned Ashley. 

She rescued Charlie, and now it is his change to consolation his operator as she recovers from COVID-19. 

Charlie disappeared in February of 2015 when Ashley was living close to Charleston, SC. She walked the streets, put up fliers and hardly ever stopped browsing, even when she moved back to upstate New York. 

“It’s been like thousands of orange cats that I’ve requested about, and none of them had the damaged tail,” she explained.

Perseverance compensated off. She noticed an orange tabby on a missing animals Facebook site who just occurred to have that distinctive characteristic, a damaged tail.

Evidently, the curious cat had been living outdoors a dentist’s office environment for all these years. Staff members saved him perfectly fed and sufferers usually searching for the helpful feline they just called “Orange Kitty.”

But how to get Charlie 900 miles from South Carolina to New York although Ashley was underneath quarantine? Michael Morgan and his pet transport small business stepped in.

“It was definitely an honor for my company to be associated in this reunion,” explained Morgan. “It blew me absent they were really able to obtain the cat and get it returned to her.”

Charlie’s return was positive ending to an primarily difficult 12 months for Ashley, whose two other cats passed away in 2020.

“I just can’t even say how thrilled I am that he’s back again and what a great begin to 2021, I couldn’t have requested for something better,” said Ashley.