Emily (the Cat) is Coming Home to Appleton!

Emily took off in late September, from Appleton, traveled to Chicago, and then on to Nancy, France. There, the vet tags enabled the finders to contact her Veterinarian, who was able to tell them her name, and her owners.

Emily is now flying first class back by Continental, with a human companion named George, who will see that she reaches her home. She has been in quarantine, and will need to be in quarantine again when she hits the States, BUT that isn't the ONLY problem she will be facing.

You see, she has run away before. And she cost money THEN... but only the fee the Humane Society charges. This time, when she finally makes it home, according to her owner,

"And that's not the end of Emily's troubles. McElhiney said when the family gets Emily back, she'll be grounded."

and in an updated story, she gets thirty days time out!

Emily, if interviewed, would likely tell you that this was her birthday gift to herself, a treat that she managed to accomplish with many unsuspecting accomplices on her voyage. Emily turned one year old on the day she was found.


Emily was flying into Newark, NJ, then on to Milwaukee, where the family will meet her and take her home by car for the final couple hours of her journey, sometime today. A little more detail on her homebound trip is available here.


To my children who have cats.... take HEED.

And note:

Rollins is not QUITE as smart, apparently, as Emily, also known now as the 'diva' and 'Raflacat' ...so DON'T introduce them!

Just because HE can open the door to make HIS escape, SHE is a world traveler now. The two together would be DANGEROUS!