21-05-2025
Owners of missing cat go the extra mile in €20,000 search
Many animal lovers have gone to great lengths to find a pet that has gone missing. But the owners of Nero, a shy black cat with light-green eyes and a white spot on his chest, went to extraordinary lengths to find him, in a case that has gone viral across Germany.
His disappearance last July in the Bavarian town of Erlangen prompted a search that has so far cost his distraught owners €20,000 in petrol, hotel stays, special cameras and tuna, his favourite food.
Every weekend for 43 weeks and counting , Rafal and Monika Klajnszmit have made the 300-mile round trip from their home in Eschwege, western Germany, to Erlangen, where Nero absconded during a car journey to Bavaria. In all weathers, they put
