Cat Goes Missing, "Tracked 1600 Kilometers Away"! Owner Takes a Flight to Catch Up... Arrives and Bursts into Tears

The movie Taken features a strong father who flies from the United States to France, meticulously unraveling clues to get closer to the suspect's lair, all to rescue his beloved daughter. A similar tense and urgent scenario recently unfolded in China, where a woman from Zhejiang Province embarked on a mission to retrieve her British Shorthair cat, "Mantou," who was as dear to her as family.

Mantou lived with Zhang in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, where cats are typically free-roaming. Usually, Mantou would return home on its own, but one day it suddenly went missing. Zhang had fitted Mantou with a GPS tracker, and upon checking the device, she found that Mantou's location had shifted to another province.

According to reports from Yangtze Evening News, when Zhang discovered Mantou was in Jiangsu Province, she immediately suspected that her cat had been stolen. Initially planning to wait until the GPS signal stabilized before searching, she noticed that the location was constantly changing and even showed signs of being on a highway. This led her to believe that the situation was more complicated than a simple theft for a personal pet.

Zhang recalled seeing online posts about "cat catchers" who transport cats to southern cities like Guangzhou. With Mantou's GPS signal appearing in southern Jiangxi Province, she felt compelled to act. Despite lacking concrete evidence and receiving no substantial help from the police after reporting the theft, Zhang resolutely boarded a flight to Guangzhou, willing to travel over 1,600 kilometers to find her beloved pet. Her childhood experience of losing a dog fueled her determination to recover Mantou at all costs.

Harnessing the power of social media, Zhang posted a call for help from netizens traveling from Jiangsu to Guangzhou. Remarkably, ten volunteers dedicated to rescuing stray cats joined her search efforts. With their assistance, they located the approximate position of the cat transport vehicle just three hours later, suspected to be parked under an overpass.

Zhang shared the GPS account with one of the volunteers; as they approached with a mobile device, the tracker emitted an alert. They soon found Mantou safe and sound. The volunteers discovered that besides Mantou, there were two other purebred cats on the truck.

When Zhang learned that Mantou had been recovered, she burst into tears. She had feared that she might only find the GPS tracker without her cat. Overwhelmed with gratitude for the volunteers' help in bringing Mantou back safely, she expressed her feelings: "I am incredibly lucky; the volunteers helping me said it was a 'miracle' that I found my cat." Many cats today wear GPS trackers, but they can easily be removed while on the road. Fortunately for Mantou, being slightly overweight and having the tracker placed lower on its neck made it less visible, allowing for its successful recovery.

Zhang was immensely thankful for the volunteers' significant assistance. When Mantou was finally returned to her arms, she felt relieved and scared at once but was grateful that everything turned out well after a check-up revealed Mantou was unharmed.

If you were in Zhang's position and discovered your pet had been stolen, would you be willing to board a plane and travel 1,600 kilometers to find your furry friend?