4 Oregon man’s lost cat is found … in New Mexico
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Sasha is a black cat. He lived in Vancouver. Vancouver is a city next to Portland. He lived with Viktor Usov.
In 2014, Sasha went outside. He went for a walk. He never came back.
Viktor was upset. But Sasha had a microchip. A microchip is identification. So Viktor called veterinarians and animal shelters. He asked them, “Did you find a lost cat?”
No one found Sasha. Until …
Five years later, Viktor got a call. Someone found a cat with a microchip. It was Sasha. And he was in New Mexico! New Mexico is 1,200 miles away from Vancouver!
Viktor was happy. Now Sasha can come home.
-This story was first published in ESOL News Oregon November 22, 2019.
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- Look at a map of the United States. Find the state of Washington. Find the state of New Mexico. What way do you think Sasha the cat took? How did it travel?
- Five years is a long time. Why didn’t Viktor give up? Why did he keep waiting? What is something that you waited for for a long time?
- Microchips helped Viktor and Sasha to find each other again. Where else do we use microchips? If you don’t know, then do a quick internet search.
- Sasha was in an animal shelter. What kinds of animals live in animal shelters? Why?
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- There are many animal shelters in the United States. What do they do? Do you have animal shelters in your home country?
- Sasha was very important to Viktor. He waited for him for five years. Did you ever have a pet? Describe your pet and why they were special.
- Animals can’t talk. However, animals can communicate in other ways. Think about when Sasha and Viktor met again. What do you think Sasha communicated to Viktor?
- Viktor never gave up searching for Sasha. Think about a time when you never gave up. How did you keep hope?
Sources
Kent, Kandra. “Portland Man’s Cat Missing Five Years Found in New Mexico.” KPTV.Com, 20 Nov. 2019, www.kptv.com/news/portland-man-s-cat-missing-five-years-found-in-new/article_b99ad8dc-0b63-11ea-8c3f-1f8b4b1a63c5.html. Accessed 22 Nov. 2019.
Williams, Kale. “Portland Man to Reunite with Cat Lost for 5 Years, Found 1,300 Miles Away.” Oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2019, www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/11/portland-man-to-reunite-with-lost-cat-found-1300-miles-away-after-five-years-on-the-loose.html. Accessed 22 Nov. 2019.
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Andrew Dunn, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Animal Shelter photo by Julissa Helmuth: https://www.pexels.com/photo/purebred-dogs-in-cage-in-veterinary-clinic-4059470/
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Sternrenette, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
