Update: Dabs the cat, found frozen to Anchorage sidewalk, reunited with owner

Alaska Dispatch

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The cat, after being found severely hypothermic and unresponsive two days earlier, may still lose part of her tail to frostbite. Henrie said the cat is headed to the vet for a follow-up appointment next week.

But Thursday, the cat seemed happy to be back with her owner. It was a big change for Dabs, who was discovered frozen to a sidewalk at the corner of Arctic Boulevard and 32nd Avenue days earlier. She was barely conscious, covered in her own feces and urine, with her tail frozen nearly solid.

Dabs was attentive and exploring a small room at the AACC shelter, where the reunion with Henrie took place on Thursday.

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"I walked into the house and thought I had closed the door, but it got caught on some carpet," Henrie said. By the time he discovered the door was still open, the cat was gone.

After searching in vain in temperatures that dipped into the single digits, Henrie went home and began posting pleas for help in finding the animal on Facebook and Twitter. Henrie said that as night fell and temperatures kept dropping, he hoped that someone had taken his cat in, even if it meant he would never see her again.

But Dabs, an indoor cat, spent the night outside. She was found almost 18 hours later, near death.

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Henrie said the cat is now chipped and swears to make sure the information is always up to date in case Dabs decides to go on another walkabout.

On Thursday, Henrie and the cat were looking forward to going back home. And Dabs will soon have a new high-rise to commemorate her close call with the Grim Reaper. Henrie said he bought a new 53-inch-tall cat tower so she can rule his apartment in style. It will be Dabs' second home, so to speak.

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