Cat-astrophe averted!

A Florida family was reunited with their missing cat more than 900 miles away after the pet turned up at a North Carolina shelter, officials said.

The cat, named Xena, vanished over the Fourth of July weekend after slipping out of a harness while her owners visited Corolla on the Outer Banks.

By the time the family returned home to Boynton Beach, the cat was still missing and they feared she was gone for good.

A Florida family’s missing cat, Xena, was found more than a month later at a North Carolina shelter. Currituck Animal Shelter

On Aug. 27, an injured and underweight cat was found about a half-mile from where Xena had last been seen in the Tar Heel State, according to Currituck Animal Shelter.

Shelter director Rachael Stone said the cat had an abscess

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