(CNN) – A cat that got lost in Yellowstone National Park somehow traveled more than 900 miles (nearly 1,500 kilometers) to return home after two months, with the help of its microchip, an animal welfare organization said.
Rayne Beau is a two and a half year old Siamese. Her owners, Susanne and Benny Anguiano of Salinas, California, were visiting the park in Wyoming when she went missing, Susanne told CNN.
The cat, who had recently moved and whose name is pronounced “rainbow,” disappeared on the first day of his trip to Fishing Bridge RV Park on June 4, Anguiano said.
“My husband is my hero because I went to the forest every day for hours to look for him,” Anguiano told CNN affiliate KSBWthis week.
Rayne Beau ran away into the woods after getting scared, and the couple’s attempts to lure him back with his favorite treats and toys were unsuccessful, KSBW reported.
“We had to go without him,” Anguiano told KSBW. “That was the hardest day because I felt like I was abandoning him.”
The heartbroken cat owner said she never gave up hope of finding her missing pet, according to KSBW. However, they adopted another cat a month after Rayne Beau disappeared to keep her sister company, Anguiano told CNN.
The couple rescued Rayne Beau and her twin sister Starr when they were 11 weeks old, according to Anguiano.
Then, 61 days after the cat went missing, the couple received a notification that a cat with Rayne Beau’s ID number had been located, KSBW reported.
They found Rayne Beau in Roseville, California, about 190 miles (305 kilometers) from her home in Salinas. He was then taken to the Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Roseville, the society’s CEO, Leilani Fratis, confirmed in an email to CNN.
“We hope everyone sees the benefits of microchipping their pets,” Fratis said.
The cat was found in poor health by the woman who turned it in, KSBW reported.
“We have been in contact with the woman who found him in Roseville and took him in for a couple of nights before she was able to take him to the SPCA,” Anguiano told CNN.
In total, the cat somehow traveled more than 1,000 miles (more than 1,600 kilometers) from Wyoming, to Roseville, and then back to his home in Salinas, California.
The couple said they are not sure how Rayne Beau made it back to California, but they are grateful she is back home.
“We are ecstatic to have him back,” Anguiano said. “I look at him every day and I’m so grateful and I say, ‘Do you know how many weeks I prayed to see that face again?’”
