Video: cat delivers letters

A news report from FTV about a cat in Kumamoto Prefecture that delivers letters between two houses:

The story in the news report is explained below.

1. Tama the cat was born at one house and lived there for a while.
2. One day, Tama disappeared.
3. Two years later, Tama returned to its original owner’s house. Tama was in good health, so the original owner suspected someone else must have cared for and fed the cat.
4. The original owner attached a letter to Tama’s collar seeking the person who had been caring for him.
5. Tama’s second owners, who named him Azukichi, sent a reply in the same manner.
6. It turns out that Tama’s second home was only 200 meters away from his first home. His two homes now exchange letters via cat post on a regular basis.

According to the news report, it usually takes about an hour or two for the cat to deliver the letter. However, there are some occasions where he can take as long as half a day to make a delivery.