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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
When Your Cat Doesn't Come Home: Why Outdoor Cats Disappear - Searching for Answers, Understanding the Risks, and Living With Uncertainty

When Your Cat Doesn't Come Home: Why Outdoor Cats Disappear - Searching for Answers, Understanding the Risks, and Living With Uncertainty

Franke, Christian

Paperback

Pets: Cats

ISBN13: 9798175432535
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 18 2026
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A free-roaming cat does not come home. What happened - and what can you actually do next?

At first there are many possible explanations. The cat may simply be out longer than usual, trapped in a garage, injured nearby, or spending time with another household. As the hours pass, harder possibilities arise: a road accident, poisoning, predation, deliberate harm, or a disappearance that may never be explained.

When Your Cat Doesn't Come Home separates possibility from evidence. Drawing on missing-cat research, veterinary medicine, forensic principles, and current official sources, Christian Franke explains how to search systematically, how to interpret clues without overclaiming, and what can - and cannot - be established after a cat disappears.

The book covers the first 24 hours and the first seven days; realistic roaming and recovery distances; accidental confinement; feeding, taking in, and theft; road traffic and hidden injuries; poisoning and toxicology; dogs and other predators; traps, abuse, and shooting; deceased-cat identification; necropsy and forensic evidence; microchips, GPS, cameras, and digital traces; animal control, shelters, veterinarians, police, and official reporting; ambiguous loss when no answer comes; and decisions about future outdoor access.

Practical checklists and worksheets are included for urgent searches, suspected poisoning, shooting or deliberate harm, deceased-cat recovery, digital evidence, sightings, and local contacts.

Evidence-based, practical, and calm when certainty is impossible - for anyone searching for a missing cat or trying to understand the real risks of outdoor access.

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