Cat gone missing? Put yourself in your kitty's head to find it

Despite their good sense of location, cats can still get lost sometimes. Photo: 123rf.com

Every now and again, you read of lost cats traipsing for miles in order to get home. Like the Langkawi kitty that walked 8km to a mosque to look for the kind man who’d always fed him there. There are extreme tales too, like Jessie an Australian cat that walked 3,200km over a year to get back to her old home.

Generally speaking, cats aren’t too bright about directions. To put that in perspective: cats seem to have a sense of personal location and desired location, but they’re not always good at navigating obstacles.