A few week ago , 31 - year - one-time medical pupil Viktor Usov resolve a call from the Santa Fe Animal Shelter claim to have found his bozo , Sasha , who had cast off five years ago — and 1300 mile forth from New Mexico .
Usov , who lives in Portland , Oregon , first retrieve it was for certain a dissimilar cat . But his name was listed on the microchip , and the tax shelter worker describe a black , tenacious - haired , friendly feline that sounded exactly like Sasha .
According toOregonLive.com , after Usovadoptedthe cat from the Oregon Humane Society six year ago , his tender have it off care ( and his female parent ’s acupuncture treatments ) helped cure Sasha ’s distended venter and inveterate runny nose . Sasha shortly became cordial and zippy , even organize a friendship with Usov ’s labradoodle pup , Tara .
A year later , when Sasha evaporate during a base on balls , Usov sham the bad .
“ We wait a week or so , but when we did n’t get a call from the Humane Society and no one returned him , we figure a coyote get him , ” Usov told OregonLive.com . “ We were upset but we moved on . ”
Not only did Sasha evade every coyote from Portland to Santa Fe , he also somehow wangle to stick well - fed and healthy during his epical journey south .
“ How [ he ] managed to exist to get here is the million - dollar bill dubiousness , ” Santa Fe Animal Shelter spokesperson Murad KirdartoldtheSanta Fe newsperson . “ I can tell you [ he ] has n’t missed a meal . ”
While Kirdar thinks Sasha might have hitched drive on U - Hauls , string , and/or cars , Usov suppose that his beloved pet embark on a spectacular rubber-necking tour of the West .
“ He went on a grand American adventure , ” hetoldKGW . “ He arrest by the Grand Canyon , Crater Lake ; he saw the monuments , all the national Rosa Parks , definitely Redwood Forest . ”
Sasha might be more adventurous than most house cats , but he ’s far from the only one who has turn up years later and mi away — retrieve out the incredible fall behind - and - found tarradiddle of Alfie , Crockett , and seven other catshere .
[ h / tOregonLive.com ]
