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<\/p>\nAfter more than eight weeks missing, Millie was found safe and then reunited with her family, including Pippin (at right). (Photo: Supplied by Amanda Kennedy) <\/p>\n
If Millie could talk, she\u2019d likely have a compelling story of survival to tell.<\/p>\n
The small black cat, weighing just under seven pounds, quietly slipped out of her family\u2019s Port Credit apartment through an open kitchen window back on Aug. 9.<\/p>\n
Upon discovering some 24 hours later her beloved Millie was missing, Amanda Kennedy \u201cwas immediately in tears,\u201d devastated at the thought of losing the feline pal she\u2019d had for nearly eight years.<\/p>\n
Her worry deepened knowing Millie, in addition to being quite small, was also a lifelong indoor cat who wasn\u2019t used to the potential dangers of busy streets and predator-laden wooded areas in Mississauga\u2019s south end.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s such a tiny cat,\u201d Kennedy, who adopted a four-month-old Millie from the nearby PetSmart adoption centre, told INSAUGA Canada in an interview this week.<\/p>\n
By Aug. 11, two days after her treasured pet had disappeared, Kennedy and her partner had visited the library to print out 500 flyers which they quickly posted throughout Lakeshore Road area neighbourhoods east of Hurontario Street.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe posted them everywhere, we went door-to-door and asked people to look at their home security camera footage,\u201d said Kennedy, adding she also made online posts to a number of Facebook groups in an effort to reach an even wider audience.<\/p>\n
The initial response from the community, Kennedy said, was overwhelming in the days and weeks that followed. Dozens of people contacted her online, by phone and other means with either tips that they\u2019d spotted a black cat that could be Millie or simple, heartfelt words of encouragement and inquiries about the small missing cat.<\/p>\n
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The Mississauga woman said she followed up in person on some 30 reports from people in August and September \u2014 and into early October \u2014 that they\u2019d perhaps located Millie.<\/p>\n
All of those potential leads ended in disappointment, and Kennedy said she found it difficult at times to stay positive. As more time passed since her beloved pet had gone missing, the calls from people slowed down and \u201cthe Facebook posts got buried,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was nerve-racking the whole time just not knowing what might have happened to her,\u201d said Kennedy, adding unpleasant thoughts of coyotes and other predatory critters crept into her mind.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was easy to think we wouldn\u2019t find her, but I kept updating (Facebook posts) and kept my hopes up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her diligence and positive thoughts finally paid off when, on Oct. 7, thanks to the combined efforts of a teenage Port Credit girl, a volunteer with Ninth Life Cat Rescue and a Mississauga Animal Services worker, Millie was found safe and in relative good health.<\/p>\n
Several weeks earlier, the young teen had spotted Millie in her neighbourhood \u2014 near Dellwood Park in the Cawthra Road\/Atwater Avenue area \u2014 and began to feed her when she could.<\/p>\n
She\u2019d also seen one of the \u201cmissing\u201d flyers Kennedy had posted and quickly contacted her.<\/p>\n
With help then from the volunteer from the Ninth Life Cat Rescue, which operates out of PetSmart, a safe trap was set for Millie and the adventurous feline quickly found her way into the contraption.<\/p>\n
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A Mississauga Animal Services worker then arrived at the scene and, since Millie had been microchipped, was able to identify her as Kennedy\u2019s missing companion.<\/p>\n
The worker immediately called Kennedy, who moments earlier had received an automated message thanks to the microchip program, and delivered the great news.<\/p>\n
Some 20 minutes later, the Animal Services worker delivered Millie, only two ounces lighter in weight since she\u2019d gone missing eight weeks earlier, into the loving arms of Kennedy. Her partner and the family\u2019s other cat, \u201ca very large tabby\u201d named Pippin, were also overjoyed to be reunited.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were so grateful she was microchipped so she could easily be identified,\u201d said Kennedy, noting because Millie doesn\u2019t have any easily identifiable features \u2014 such as a white spot or white paws \u2014 it would\u2019ve been hard to be sure if not for the microchip.<\/p>\n
Kennedy said she and her family are also grateful to members of the community who helped every step of the way.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome people wanted her found as much as I did,\u201d said Kennedy. \u201cSo many people, the community were just fantastic in looking for Millie\u201d and helping in other ways.<\/p>\n
Aside from picking up some worms during her eight-plus weeks on the road, Millie was in good health when she was found, said Kennedy.<\/p>\n
She figures her cat likely crossed Lakeshore Road shortly after leaving through the kitchen window in early August, headed north to the train tracks and then went east through heavily treed areas until winding up near Dellwood Park.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe went for quite a journey,\u201d Kennedy told INSAUGA Canada, with a chuckle of relief. \u201cShe did whatever she needed to do to keep going, keep safe and get back home.\u201d<\/p>\n
(Photos supplied by Amanda Kennedy)<\/p>\n