(via TikTok/kodiakanimalshelter)

The emotional moment that an owner was reunited with her lost cat, 13 years after it vanished, has gone viral.

Footage of the incredible reunion was shared to TikTok by the Kodiak Animal Shelter. They write “Reunited after 13 years. Not a dry eye in the house!”

In the clip, a woman can be seen walking into the shelter. A cat’s meow can immediately be heard, as she says “Hi, sweetie,” visibly emotional.

She soon opens the cage and takes the cat, called Homer, into her arms for a cuddle.

Warning: You will be sobbing.

The video, which has been viewed over 1 million times, sparked a huge reaction from animal lovers.

One writes “I can’t imagine going through the grief of losing your pet and never knowing whether they are dead or alive and then finding them 13 years later.”

Another said “I work at a shelter and we regularly reunite people that have missed their pet for years, but 13 years? Wow I can’t imagine.”

In another video, the shelter go into more detail on Homer’s story.

Homer was brought into their shelter in March and was very thin and quite scared. They weren’t expecting him to be microchipped, but scanned him anyway just to make sure and, to their surprise, he was. After contacting the owner, they were completely shocked to learn he had been missing for 13 years.

His owner, Emma (who we see in the video), was just 10 years old when her pet vanished and the animal shelter revealed she’s missed him every day since.

source:fm104