Purrfect ending: Missing Virginia store cat found after hitching a ride to another state
Francine the calico cat is back home at a Lowe’s store in Virginia after going missing for a few weeks, hitching a ride on a truck that turned up at a sister facility in another state.
Two employees from a Lowe’s in Richmond made the 90-minute drive early Monday to pick up Francine, who disappeared in September and recently was discovered at the company’s distribution center in Garysburg, North Carolina.
She was back on the job Tuesday, playing with customers, posing for photos and soaking in affection.
“Francine is one of us,” store supervisor Wayne Schneider said in a telephone interview. “She’s just amazing. What she means here to the store and the employees, you really can’t imagine the outpouring that the employees and also the customers give her daily.”
Francine spends much of her time either at the customer service desk or in the store’s seasonal area. But things went awry in September as the store brought in items for the upcoming Christmas season. Store general manager Mike Sida said that disruption may have prompted Francine to seek comfort elsewhere.
https://apnews.com/article/missing-lowes-store-cat-francine-found-e65a342b7fbe6611bc4e2f6ba2765b48
She was found and humanely trapped at the Lowe's distribution center 90 minutes away. Great celebration all over Richmond! The Richmond SPCA even made all cat and kitten adoptions FREE on Monday and Tuesday.
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Welcome home, Francine!
