A cat missing from New Hampshire since March is finally back home after a long journey to Michigan.
The Ambler family from Londonderry thought they'd never see Kumiko again. Eight months later, they received a call that she'd been found.
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"This cat somehow got from Londonderry, New Hampshire, in eight months, to Ann Arbor, Michigan," Paul Ambler said.
Her voyage was over 800 miles.
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"We posted lost pets in various Facebook groups, called the vets, put up posters, went knocking on doors," Ambler recalled.
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It was a long eight months.
"Lot of coyotes, foxes and eagles in the area," Ambler said. "We were not really thinking she'd come back."
Then the family got a phone call the day after Thanksgiving, learning she had been found in the Midwest.
Kumiko and her twin sister, Kiri, were adopted from a pet rescue in Florida. The Greater Humane Society of Ann Arbor traced her chip to the rescue, and they contacted the Ambler family.
He booked a flight, brought Kumiko back home and made some adjustments to ensure she's easier to find.
"She actually has an Apple AirTag collar on, because, well, now we know she's a flight risk," Ambler said.
