Man Spends 6 Months Looking for Cat He Bonds with, 3 Weeks Before New Year, He Has Emotional Reunion

A antheral spent astir six months looking for his feline with whom helium shared a peculiar bond. Three weeks earlier the New Year, helium had an affectional reunion.

Connell the feline and StephenShirley Barron

Connell, a long-haired grey cat, and his quality dad, Stephen, stock an bonzer bond. In their household, Connell follows Stephen astir similar his shadiness and wakes him up successful the morning.

Stephen has signifier IV tummy cancer, and Connell has been inseparable, showering him with healing purrs and snuggles. "Stephen and Connell are bonded. I've ne'er seen thing similar it," Shirley Barron, Stephen's mother-in-law, shared with Love Meow.

Six months ago, Stephen's household began relocating to MA, wherever helium would acquisition treatments.

Shirley Barron

"While en way during an overnight astatine the Quality Inn successful South Bend, IN connected June 13, Connell escaped done a spread successful the model surface on with Peanut (Connell's feline sister)."

Stephen and his household looked everyplace for them and yet recovered Peanut, but Connell was obscurity to beryllium seen. "Stephen was perfectly heartbroken."

Connell and PeanutShirley Barron

The household launched a societal media run done South Bend Lost and Found Pets and country shelters. They besides sent a postcard to homes adjacent the hotel, watching for imaginable sightings of Connell.

Tina Donica with South Bend Lost and Found Pets offered to help. She acceptable up humane traps astatine a fewer sightings reported successful July, but to nary avail. "The full assemblage helped with feeding stations astatine the edifice and flyers connected the poles," Tina told Love Meow.

Connell was captured connected camera successful precocious NovemberTina Donica

They mislaid show of the feline until the extremity of November erstwhile Lindsey Slater, who had antecedently spotted the cat, saw him again successful a neighbor's yard, astir 9 houses distant from the hotel.

They couldn't scope the neighbour for 2 days, truthful they waited successful the driveway erstwhile the man was location to talk to him. "Lindsey showed him a picture, and helium said, 'Oh yes. I've been feeding him regular since astir June."

Tina Donica

With the gentleman's permission, they acceptable up a feeding presumption and cameras and waited for the feline to return.

An hr later, they noticed a fluffy fig look connected camera and confirmed it was Connell. He appeared steadfast and overmuch bigger (like a "bear cub") than they had anticipated.

He walked into the trap astir six months aft helium went missingTina Donica

Connell was elusive and avoided the trap for 2 days. Tina decided to bring successful a larger trap for tiny dogs and enactment it successful the bushes wherever helium hid each these months.

About 2 hours later, the camera captured Connell walking into the trap for nutrient and lying successful a lounging presumption aft the doorway unopen down him. "Lindsey and I screamed arsenic we watched it unrecorded connected our cellular way camera."

Connell was yet safeThe Meow Mission

They instantly called the household to stock the breathtaking news. "It was an affectional telephone telephone saying helium was yet safe, astir six months aboriginal and astir Christmas."

A section rescue, The Meow Mission, provided aesculapian attraction and attraction for Connell earlier the household came to prime him up and alert him home.

Connell was reunited with his quality dad, StephenShirley Barron

On December 10th, Connell was yet location with Stephen, who anxiously awaited his arrival. Stephen sat connected the level beside his champion friend, petting and comforting him aft the agelong journey.

"It was a tearful reunion. It took lone 5 oregon 10 minutes earlier Connell was backmost successful Stephen's arms," Shirley told Love Meow.

Shirley Barron

Connell has gotten backmost to his accustomed routine, waking his dada successful the A.M. arsenic his punctual alarm clock. He accompanies Stephen astatine his desk, ever acceptable to connection a cuddle.

"Stephen says helium sleeps adjacent to him each nighttime and is bare 24/7."

Connell tried to aftermath up his dada connected Christmas Eve morningShirley Barron

The household is present implicit with the instrumentality of Connell, Stephen's astir loyal companion.

"There were truthful galore angels successful South Bend helping america find Connell. They enactment nutrient retired astatine the hotel, sat determination for days, posted flyers, acceptable traps for months."

Peanut, Connell, and StephenShirley Barron

"He's present location with Stephen and Meghan (his wife), their 2 children, 2 dogs and his 'sister' Peanut. It is our family's Christmas miracle."

Peanut is thrilled to person her member homeShirley Barron

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