Cat missing for almost a week alerts owners through doorbell camera she's returned home

"Our family was ecstatic, emotional, and hysterical when she came home," Stefanie Whitley said.

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Monday, September 19, 2022
Lost cat alerts owners through doorbell camera that she's returned
In the video, Lilly reaches over the doorbell camera and meows a few times, alerting her owners that she has returned home!

LONG ISLAND, New York (WPVI) -- A lost cat returned home after missing for almost a week and alerted the family of her arrival through the doorbell camera.

Video from Stefanie Whitley and Efrain Leandry's Ring doorbell captured the moments the 8-year-old feline named Lilly returned to her Long Island, New York home back in August.

In the video, Lilly reaches over the camera and meows a few times, alerting them that someone - a furry someone - was at the door on Mastic Beach.

Whitley says the cat is familiar with how their doorbell system works.

She says Lilly looks towards the door anytime they get a notification.

"Our family was ecstatic, emotional, and hysterical when she came home," Whitley said.

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