{"id":8325,"date":"2026-04-30T11:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/?p=8325"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:38:34","slug":"cat-lost-in-california-reunited-with-georgia-family-7-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/?p=8325","title":{"rendered":"Cat lost in California reunited with Georgia family 7 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"story_dl\">April 28 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> A Georgia family was reunited with their pet cat seven years after the feline vanished during a move in California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Davidson family said they adopted their cat, Dodger, as a kitten in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The family <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourcentralvalley.com\/digital-enterprise\/georgia-family-reunited-cat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:was moving from;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">was moving from<\/a> California to Florida in 2016 when Dodger escaped from a friend&#8217;s vehicle in the Fresno area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dodger&#8217;s fate was unknown for seven years, until a volunteer with Fresno Trap and Release found one of the cats that had been rounded up for the spay and neuter program was microchipped.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_5asl3b3agninpfivb8lbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_5asl3b3agninpfivb8lbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_5asl3b3agninpfivb8lbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The cat turned out to be Dodger, whose family now lives in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sydney Sherman with Fresno TNR had already been planning a trip to Florida, and made arrangements to meet up with the Davidsons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She handed Dodger over to the family, who took him home to Georgia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We were all very happy to finally have him home where he belongs with his boys,&#8221; Sherman wrote <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/www.fresnotnr.org\/posts\/1218087620399958\/?__cft__[0]=AZZmRrpEI20M3mz7TApmG0H4EF-lsynATdVq_AvXNCcD1p3QelKGIlFq3rmYVkxZosy2aeK_6LXRwWJqQknWtWihH8TwrivHuzFu8rFfs_NwUfUwm06vYWRYSA13ncLHlx1uGOr8MLePdPsJOSxeqOsJLLkvoBgU5rFMFgvDLMLZ6kLEa251bRI1EXiq-YFVD5fdC6Pd7rmQi-KUa1KBrY64omtfOZ9m_mv2iENNaaRcJA&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-y-R\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:on social media.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">on social media.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 28 (UPI) &#8212; A Georgia family was reunited with their pet cat seven years after the feline vanished during a move in California. 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