Lost Cat Reunited With Owners Two Months After Getting Lost In Yellowstone

A cat named Rayne Beau has been safely reunited with his family more than two months after going missing during a camping trip to Yellowstone National Park. But not before he managed to travel nearly 900 miles!

Learn more about this kitty’s walk on the wild side and eventual return home.

Camping Trip Gone Awry

Benny and Susanne Anguiano of Salinas, California, have gone camping with their cats before, so it was a no-brainer that they would come along on the couple’s June trip to Yellowstone National Park. But one night of the trip, poor Rayne Beau got spooked and ran off.

The Anguianos spent the rest of their trip trying to find their missing kitty but to no avail. They made the soul-crushing decision to leave Rayne Beau behind before returning home. But Susanne said the universe gave her hope that her cat was still out there as the couple was leaving the park.

“We were driving along and out of nowhere, these double rainbows appear, and it just knit it all together for me,” Susanne Anguiano says. This had to be a good sign—rainbows are Rayne Beau’s namesake.

Flash forward two months, and the Anguianos finally received surprisingly good news. Rayne Beau managed to walk all the way to a shelter in Roseville, California—over 800 miles away from Yellowstone. What’s more is Rayne Beau reportedly also avoided a coyote attack, according to Benny Anguiano.

Remember to Microchip Your Pet

Although Rayne Beau’s journey was a valiant one, the shelter was ultimately able to contact the Anguianos due to Rayne Beau’s microchip.

“Definitely microchip your cat or pet, and register the microchip online,” Susanne Anguiano says. “We would have never gotten them back had that not happened.”

Microchipping your pet is inexpensive and makes an incredible difference. The return-to-owner rate for a lost microchipped cat is 20 times higher than if the cat isn’t microchipped. Plus, the procedure to microchip a cat is noninvasive and only takes a few minutes.

If your pets are microchipped already, that’s great news! Just remember to update your pet’s microchip contact information if you move or change your phone number.