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BY WEN YAN

ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN

An adventurous cat, Willow, was found in Manhattan after she disappeared from Colorado five years ago. CBS explains.

Anchor: “The calico cat was found here in New York City yesterday after disappearing from a Colorado home five years ago. How she got 1,800 miles from Bolder to Manhattan remains a mystery. An implanted microchip proved it was Willow and we’re told she is doing well."

Willow was traced back to her owners by a microchip embedded in her body. The New York Times describes the technology

"Using a large needle, a veterinarian injects the chip under the skin, usually between the shoulder blades. Pet owners register the chip, which carries a tracking number linked with the owner’s contact information."

Although Willow is a good example of how helpful a microchip could be, TMCnet says the technology still isn’t very widespread.

"Microchipping is still a practice you won’t found done by a majority of pet owners. The technology is a little too new and a little too costly for it to be commonplace just yet."

ABC News says Willow will be going home.

Host: "No one will ever know how she ended up, I don't know, 1,800 miles away from home. We do know that she's gonna make the return trip by plane. So, reunited and it feels so good."

CNN describes Willow's experience in the Big Apple as "Country kitty turned metropolitan cat." The executive director of a New York animal shelter told CNN:

"Some people are joking that she is a city girl and wanted to see the sights."

While people tried to imagine how Willow made her mysterious migration, a gothamist reader told the website she was picked up by a visiting New York resident who thought she was a stray.

“So, it turns out the most likely theory was the correct one: That someone picked her up in Colorado, took her to New York and was a loving owner.”


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