The Schrafft family contacted media on Monday, seeking help from the community four days after Princess Titiara went missing.
The cat, once known for roaming the neighbourhood, has opted more often than not in recent months to stay at home so she could be by her owner’s side.
“She’s sort of been my constant companion,” Robyn Schrafft said of her “little buddy”, explaining that Princess would keep her company when her husband, also a paramedic, had to work.
The couple have given a lot to their community in their roles as public servants, Katrina Schrafft said on Monday, adding that she hoped the community might be able to give a little back by keeping an eye out for Princess.
“I know that her loss is causing great pain and given the circumstances, it is even more heartbreaking,” she explained. “It would mean the world if we could get her back safely.”
After a story ran in the Herald, the family had multiple people contact them, ranging from someone who spotted a dead feline on the side of the road to someone who wanted to offer them a kitten.
But then a tipster early this morning saw a cat in a restaurant car park not far from the couple’s house. Robyn Schrafft’s husband and sister-in-law had already searched the same area multiple times over the past five days, but they raced off to check the tip.
There they found Princess, seemingly terrified and trying to hide but safe.
