Trending: Find This Missing Persian Cat 'Cheeku' To Win Rs 1 Lakh Award

Many nooks and corners in Noida Sector 62 are plastered with posters of a missing cat that has been lost since December 24. Now the owner of the cat has announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for anyone who finds and brings back this foreign-breed cat. For more than two weeks now, the cat’s owner Ajay Kumar has been on the lookout for his 1.5-year-old male Persian cat named Cheeku.

He told NewsTrack that Cheeku disappeared from their home in the Harmony Apartment in Sector-62, Noida. The missing ginger cat has a patch of white hair on his neck area. First Ajay Kumar searched extensively in his locality for the cat and also shared the cat’s information on social media.

When Kumar did not get any lead, he resorted to printing posters with Cheeku’s photo and details. The poster announces a reward of Rs 1 lakh to those who find the cat. They also have Kumar’s phone number for those who have any information that can help in finding Cheeku.

In April last year, a person alleged that the Air India staff misplaced one of their two cats. The mishap occurred when the flyer, Jangneichong Karong, travelled from Delhi to Imphal with two pet kittens. When Karong was about to board the flight, she was informed that one of her cats escaped the cage. Karong alleged that the cage was properly secured and one of her cats escaped because of the airline staff’s mishandling.

In an email to Air India, Karong wrote, “With only 7 minutes to boarding, I was almost forced to give my consent to fly with just 1 kitten.” She added, “I’m sure your staff members were not careful with them, because the latch felt loose when I received it upon arrival. Really not sure who played with it resulting in me losing one of my pet.”

Unfortunately, even after days of emailing the airlines, she did not get any satisfactory reply.

In a 2017 study, the University of Queensland and the nonprofit Missing Pet Partnership funded research that studied ‘search methods used to locate missing cats’. The study found that approximately one-third of missing cats were recovered within seven days. Secondly, “a physical search increased the chances of finding cats alive and 75% of cats were found within a 500 m radius of their point of escape”. The study also found that cats that were allowed to go outside unsupervised “travelled longer distances compared with indoor cats that were never allowed outside.”