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Mystery as stray cat with foreign microchip is found in Oklahoma

By T.K. Randall
January 22, 2025 · Comment icon 7 comments
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Do you know who Samson's owner is ? Image Credit: Facebook / Sand Springs Animal Welfare
The hapless feline, which was picked up in a rural part of the state, appeared to have come a very long way.
While it's not particularly unusual for someone's cat to disappear only to reappear several miles away, this is the first time we've heard of one being found thousands of miles away from home.

The cute little gray cat, who has since been nicknamed Samson, was recently brought into Sand Springs Animal Welfare in Oklahoma after being found roaming the area.

Given the fact that the cat was well groomed, staff expected to find that it belonged to someone local, but when they checked his microchip, they were in for quite a surprise.

It turned out that the cat was registered to someone in the UK some 4,000 miles away.
The mystery deepened further still when, upon contacting the registered owner, it turned out that their cat wasn't actually missing - so who did Samson belong to and how did he end up in Oklahoma ?

"Well, he would've had to have been shipped over and it's really expensive to have them shipped over and then they have to be quarantined and all kinds of stuff," Animal Welfare Coordinator Tracy Anderson told First Alert4 News.

"So, somebody loved this cat and put the money into getting him over here but it's just hard to tell what happened to them, maybe they passed away or something, and it's just really hard to tell. "

"But he's with us, and he'll get a good home either way."

Source: Mail Online | Comments (7)




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Recent comments on this story
Comment icon #1 Posted by Jon the frog 26 days ago
Maybe just a microchip error ?
Comment icon #2 Posted by XenoFish 26 days ago
It's just schrodinger's cats running around. 
Comment icon #3 Posted by Piney 26 days ago
And he's a good swimmer...
Comment icon #4 Posted by Robotic Jew 26 days ago
trump is going to be ALL over this problem....
Comment icon #5 Posted by ForestDweller900 26 days ago
It's not true that a cat going from the UK to the US would need to quarantine. You get the permit and the rabies tests and the US and UK and the permits from the Ministry/Department of Agriculture to export/import a live animal. That's about $500 or so, and then $250 for the cat to fly as "excess baggage." Lots of legwork up front, and once you're on the plane you're usually good to go.
Comment icon #6 Posted by Amorlind 26 days ago
Yes, he will build a wall...and i request this news to me moved in the extraterrestrial section...he is definitely coming from space ?
Comment icon #7 Posted by Nicolette 22 days ago
But everyone knows that cats can quantum tunnel.


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