Tinsel the cat – credit Maggie DeGreenia / SWNS
4 years after losing a beloved cat named Tinsel, a stroke of fortune found her reunited with owner Maggie DeGreenia whose cousin saw her on a local shelter’s website.
Tinsel disappeared in December, 2021, leading to weeks of searching, posting on Facebook groups, contacting shelters, and putting up missing posters.
But despite all her efforts, DeGreenia eventually had to accept her beloved pet was gone.
The 27-year-old Vermonter had lived with Tinsel since 2017, when she adopted her at a Lunenburg shelter. 4 years later, Tinsel accidentally got let out of DeGreenia’s house and vanished.
“We called local shelters for weeks, searched for her by car and by foot,” said DeGreenia, who admitted she eventually gave up, and merely hoped her baby would find a new, loving home.
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Then one day, DeGreenia received a text from her cousin saying that she had seen Tinsel with her instantly-recognizable ‘moustache’ on a local shelter page.
– credit Maggie DeGreenia SWNS
“She texted me ‘Hey important, I think I found Tinsel,” she told SWNS. “I was in disbelief when I saw the photo and immediately broke down in tears. I called the shelter, Riverside Rescue, as fast as I could, still in tears as I told them our story.”
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Tinsel immediately recognized her owner during the shelter reunion, pressing her forehead against Maggie’s in a touching display of affection that she said “was the most incredible feeling.”
According to the shelter, Tinsel had been picked up by people who looked after her until December, then surrendered her.
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