A cat missing for eight months has been found hundreds of kilometres away and in another state. Now his family are trying to get him home.
Master Sox. Supplied by familyThe seven-year-old cat was caught in a trap this week set up by the vet in the regional city, in the state’s northwest, after someone saw him wandering around a yard for a number of days.
The family still have the cat’s mum who they fostered when she was pregnant and decided to keep Soxies, as he’s affectionately known, out of her litter of six.“He’s the friendliest cat, comes in, says hello, meow meow.Source:Supplied However, the vet called on Thursday to say “he’s purring now” and – like many of us in COVID-19 lockdown – Sox has put on heaps of weight.But the find has been “bittersweet” because now the family are faced with a “waiting game” as the border between South Australia and Victoria holds firm.
Travellers from Victoria, other than approved categories of essential travellers, are not permitted to travel to South Australia.
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