Posted on 10/26/2018 2:35:00 PM PDT by TBP
She might have forgotten where home is, but Julie the cat never forgets a face.
According to Current in Carmel, the black feline from Carmel, Indiana, slipped out of her home in 2012 and could not be found.
At the time, Lorinda Roberts, mother to the cat’s owner, Jon Gulla, relentlessly searched for the feline, but had to refocus her efforts when Gulla was diagnosed with lymphoma shortly after Julie’s escape. Julie remained missing, but was never far from Gulla and Roberts’ thoughts. “Every once in a while you find that needle in a haystack,” Roberts told Current in Carmel on why she never gave up hope the cat would be found.
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It’s debatable whether they can tell you from others by sight (probably at close distance), but cats definitely know their owners by smell and voice.
I’ve been locking my padlock since the day I saw the cat at my door....
Probably can tell in just how a person moves overall.
More importantly, Jon Gulla’s lymphoma has disappeared. I’m glad he has his cat back, too.
A friend of mine had a cat that disappeared for several years. Finally, it turned up and went straight to the cupboard where they had kept its food before it left.
Thanks for sharing this nice story.
Great story. Jon Gulla is very blessed.
Yes.
And maybe general posture and movement.
Looks like our little Queen.
Kitty Ping! Who says true love is limited only to humans?
Awww nice story.
Kitteh ping
Great story. Thanks!
cats (and dogs) remember people who are good to them (and people who are bad to them)
cats are VERY intelligent, plus yes they remember too
Probably just came from the litterbox before she hopped up on the clean bed.
I have seen cats forget people in short order. I have seen them forget who cared and provided for them when they were young and before they found another home.
Unlike a dog which never forgets.
To our consternation, our parents made the decision to euthanize him since he was fairly neurotic and was essentially unadoptable and would have likely languished in a small cage at a shelter, terrified, and then been euthanized anyway after a lonely existence (looking back, that was probably the best decision they could make.) He escaped just before going through the doors of the vet and ran off. Mom was grief stricken all the more because the area was a traffic-heavy commercial district, where he would certainly face a horrible traumatic death.
Several years later, mom saw him on the premises of a florist in the area - they had adopted him. She was beside herself with both grief and relief as she realized he had found his way in the world on his terms. She called him by his old name, and he responded and rubbed against her. Wasn't there, but I nearly cried when she told the story.
We have 4 barn cats...all Manx...when we are gone and the neighbor feeds them, he never sees any of them. When I return home, within 20-minutes, they are all out wanting attention.
Our kitties are very affectionate and tough on the mouse population.
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