Cat walks 12 miles to reunite with family, they drop him at shelter for euthanasia

Thursday, April 19, 2018
NORTH CAROLINA (WABC) -- There's happy ending for a cat that walked 12 miles to be reunited with a family that didn't even want him.

The North Carolina family had given Toby to a friend, when he escaped and walked 12 miles to get back to them.
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They then took Toby to an animal shelter, and asked that the cat get euthanized.

Luckily for Toby, the shelter didn't want to euthanize a healthy animal and contacted the SPCA.

They shared his story and a week later, Toby had a deserving family.
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"He has three new siblings (one feline and two human) and a cat-savvy mom to show him what a loving family is really like," the SPCA said.

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