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It appears the gangly communicative that each cats person 9 lives whitethorn beryllium existent for a California Maine coon named Aggie.
The beloved feline was feared dormant for 2 months aft the Palisades wildfire successful Los Angeles near her family's location successful ashes. But her owner, 82-year-old Katherine Kiefer, held retired immoderate hope.
Over the weekend, Kiefer got a telephone from the West Los Angeles Animal Shelter. Her girl Carolyn Kiefer shared their reunion Saturday successful a TikTok video that rapidly garnered much than 1 cardinal likes. It shows tears pouring from Katherine Kiefer's eyes arsenic Aggie curled up successful her arms.
“I was precise overmuch disquieted that I was going to aftermath up and (discover) it had been a dream,” she said.
Kiefer was astatine a aesculapian assignment the time occurrence engulfed her vicinity and her children couldn't find Aggie — who was prone to hiding — erstwhile they tried to rescue her.
“The 1 happening my ma asked was: 'Did you get Aggie?” Carolyn recalls.
Many favored owners struggled to scope their domesticated animals during the frantic unreserved to evacuate from the Palisades wildfire successful January.
Aggie, who is astir 5 years old, was talented to Katherine Kiefer by a person during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social media users person been truthful touched by the pair's reunion video that galore person been asking for regular updates. The family's $30,000 GoFundMe run for Aggie’s vet bills had topped $21,000 by Tuesday afternoon.
The feline has undergone respective humor transfusions and is present seeing a specialist.
“She was fundamentally tegument and bone, and successful a authorities of implicit starvation,” Carolyn said.
The household volition officially beryllium reunited with Aggie erstwhile she is released from the infirmary Thursday. Kiefer said she’s anxiously waiting, and she has a connection for different favored owners: "Don’t underestimate cats,” she said.
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