Pets become beloved members of the family, which is why most owners search tirelessly for them when they suddenly go missing.
When Tori Takayesu and her family moved from Kula to Makawao, Hawaii with their beloved indoor/outdoor cat named James, who was named before they found out the cat was actually female, they were devastated when she suddenly disappeared one day but were determined to do everything they could to find her.
James was allowed out of the house to explore during the daytime but would always come back by nighttime. When she didn’t come home one night about two months after moving to the new home, Tori and her kids spent two months looking for James any chance they could. “My kids had been looking for her at least a month or two months,” Tori said. “They were really sad. She didn’t come back. We couldn’t find her anywhere. We didn’t know what happened to her.”
After there was still no sign of James a few months after she disappeared, Tori and her kids had to come to terms with the fact that they were probably never going to see her again. However, 15 years after going missing, the family finally got a call they never expected to hear. Recently the Maui Humane Society called Tori about her long-lost calico cat. “All of a sudden, I remembered her,” Tori said. “I couldn’t believe it. I just never thought, after all these years, that she would come back to me.”
Back in 2001, the shelter tattooed Tori’s phone number in James’ ear to help identify her, and it’s how they were able to get in touch with Tori all these years later. But since it had been so long, Tori decided to wait a few days before claiming James since she figured someone would have taken her in all these years and would be looking for her.
Yet no one came in to claim James so Tori came in and was finally reunited with her. “I really didn’t believe it until I laid eyes on her. I did not believe this was my long-lost cat, that they would find her, that she would be in good shape, that she could come back to me. It’s crazy… We were just so happy. It’s just like having one of our children come back home,” Tori said.
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