I lost my black cat "Beethoven" yesterday, Monday 16 January 2012, at about 10:30 a.m. He is about 12 pounds, 1 1/2 years old, male, and domestic short hair, very shiny. He has no claws and no collar. He has no spots or markings, but here and there you will find a lone white hair that is longer and more wiry than the main black ones. He has yellow/amber eyes and has a lithe build, with some very soft fat on his belly.

I lost him outside the Veterinary Center of Liberty, near 291 highway and Kansas St. He escaped his kennel between the car and the vet's door, got scared and ran behind the building. My mom and I think he escaped to the neighborhood behind the vet center, or possibly businesses nearby. He is far too skittish to run near the road.

If you see our Beethoven, please, please contact me or my mom so Beethoven can come home. Our kitten Mater - who is Beethoven's "little brother" since we rescued them both - cries for him all the time, especially overnight, and will hardly leave my side now because he is lonely without Beethoven. He is very loved and missed by the whole family.

If you find Beethoven, please contact us by any of the below.

Email CC (my mother): ccbodytalk@yahoo.com

Email me, Maya: mpapaya95@yahoo.com

Cell number: 816-645-4977

You can also contact us on Twitter, @findthiscat_kc to return Beethoven or for news on the search.