The Marton cat whose remarkable story has captured the attention of the country will soon be looking for a "forever home" just as soon and he's finished recuperating.
Rodney was found north-east of Marton last week after a month-long search leaving rescuers in "disbelief".
The search for Rodney, who had spent much of his life at Marton's ITM store, began after it was alleged a staff member decided to take the cat 15km north of Marton and let him fend for himself.
The decision caused outrage in the town and hundreds joined the search.
Last week rescue group Marton Moggies received a call from ITM saying a farmer had spotted the cat on his farm 13km away from Marton.
Marton Moggies set up traps around the farmer's barn on Tuesday and caught Rodney within a few hours.
Rebecca Stevenson from the Marton Moggies said they didn't get their hopes up too high when they initially received the call - just in case it wasn't him.
"We were very cautious to make sure that was him before we got our hopes up," she said.
Stevenson said they have had a lot of interest from the community about adopting Rodney and they will make a plan in the coming days to find him the "perfect family".
Stevenson wanted to thank the community for their role in helping find Rodney.
"The community support has been amazing. It has been so awesome to see the whole of Marton rally," she said.
"We are really grateful to the community for all the support, donations and time they have put forward for the search."