Cat's Cradle

Septuagenarian Kyle Peterson of Great Falls, Montana adores Bobby, his yellow tabby. Bobby’s vet put him on a special diet, so Kyle made sure Bobby only got the food that was good for him. When Bobby went missing, Kyle kept buying Bobby’s special cat food and leaving it in bowls outside, in case Bobby came home on his own. He never gave up hope, not for a year and a half. Then last month an ASPCA worker scanned Bobby’s microchip and Kyle’s name and number came up – near Reno, Nevada. And last weekend a friend of the family who works for Delta Airlines escorted Bobby on his flight home to Montana. Bobby is the only one who knows how he traveled nearly a thousand miles in eighteen months, and Bobby isn’t talking. But some cats will go to great lengths to avoid their “special” diets.