In 2018, Crystal Maclean’s cat Ralph bolted from the Kamloops, B.C., apartment she was sharing with a friend.
“I put up posters, I called the SPCA, I walked the neighbourhoods,” Maclean said. “I connected with the postal carriers and still, no luck. Everything failed.”
Maclean gave up the search, assuming Ralph, a 10-year-old Maine Coon that typically wouldn’t venture far from the house, had met his demise by coyote.
“He used to come when I called him, but no luck,” Maclean said.
Maclean ended up moving overseas with her husband for a job posting.
In 2020, she returned home and settled in New Liskeard, Ont.
She
