19-Pound Tuxedo Cat, Missing for a Month, Saved After Being Trapped in Neighbor’s Chimney

A portly tuxedo cat was found living while lodged in the chimney of a neighbor’s house at the conclusion of a Washington state woman’s month-long search for her missing pet.

Caitlyn Wertenberger, of Union Gap, Washington, found her 19-pound cat Piper stuck in the fireplace damper of a nearby house after a 28-day search-and-rescue campaign that involved posting flyers and knocking on doors around her neighborhood, according to ABC affiliate KOMO-TV. Weeks into the search, the new occupants of a nearby house that had been vacant when the search began heard meowing but could not identify the…