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US family undertakes ‘stressful’ search mission for a lost cat in Kurdistan

Ms. Ali was later informed by her friend that her cat had gone missing, triggering a “stressful” search mission in Erbil and Sulaimani provinces.

Kurdistan 24 2023/06/27 13:35

Cleopatra, a Siamese breed cat, has been gone missing for over three weeks in Erbil, triggering a search mission in both the capital and Sulaimani by the owner. (Photo: Courtesy of Halli Hadi)

Kurdistan Kurdistan Region Lost pet Erbil Sulaimani

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Leaving her cat at a friend’s house in Erbil a month ago, Sheelan did not anticipate undertaking a painstaking and stressful mission to look for her lost pet cat in the Kurdistan Region.

Nicknamed Cleopatra, the Siamese cat breed has been lost for over three weeks in Erbil’s Korea Village after Sheelan Ali, the 17-year-old owner, could not take the cat with her on the trip due to travel regulations.

Ms. Ali was later informed by her friend that her cat had gone missing, triggering a “stressful” search mission in the Kurdish capital and Sulaimani provinces.

“It has just been really stressful. It has been a nightmare,” she told Kurdistan 24 on Monday in Sulaimani, where they have recently begun their search mission along with her father.

Friends, relatives, acquaintances, pet stores, and even the US Consulate General in Erbil, have all been informed about the loss of the 2-year-old pet cat.

Ms. Ali, the only child of the family, has been adamant about finding her cat since she had come back from the trip. Her father accompanies her on the mission.

"This whole situation can be very difficult because, again, we are foreigners and we cannot look for her day and night," Ms. Ali told Kurdistan 24.

Eying a reunion with her cat, she pledges to award anyone who can help her in finding the molly.

Additional reporting by Kurdistan 24 Sulaimani reporter Diyar Jamal

*At the request of the family, the owner's real name and her father's have been changed.