. >> reporter: shelby wallace loves her cats, just ask her about 3-year-old darcy. she has a heavy heart because she cannot do the same with darcy's brother mack. the family lost two homes in the sonoma firestorm. darcy she found and mack too, but here's where the story gets complicated. >> they named him phoenix. >> reporter: he showed up in the animal shelter with the nickname aspen. when shelby saw those pictures after a long search, the family went to claim him, only to find that mack had found a new home. shelby pressed her case, the shelter did a dna test. >> we got the tests back and it turned out that the cat that we adopted out was mack. >> that's the end of the story, they're going to give us our cat back. >> reporter: what makes this case different and unique, is that in santa rosa, if a family loses the pet and someone else adopts that pet, the family who lost the pet has the right to get that pet back. the problem is that the family that adopted mack doesn't want to give him up. >> is there precedent for this? >> mack who is now known as phoenix is in l

shelby wallace with his family. >> mack knew immediately. >> he has had quite a travel when shelby learned that another family adopted him and decline to give him up despite a dpa test and ordinance protecting owners. >> it's been an emotional roller coaster. >> the sonoma county had no leverage to force a return. >> we don't have precedent for in. >> how do you split a family up? are you okay with that at the end of the day. >> asked shelby two days ago. spurring a social media rally. mack got his own hashtag wsh give mack back. >> in a community rafaged by loss and sorrow it became symbolic. >> in america just wants something right to happen. >> the family that adopted mack never commented publicly.. but yesterday whether due to legal pressure, or public pressure, they gave the cat up. the animal shelter says it was an emotional experience for them. and as this photo of the moment shows, emotional for shelby too. >> we just want to say thank you for doing the right thing. at the end of the day they did what was right and we feel for them. >> all is well when it ends. ? santa rosa wayne f

shelby wallace with her feline family, mack and his sister darcy, reunited. >> mack new immediately. it was the first person he ran to. >> reporter: mack had quite an odyssey, from lost cat to disputed cat when shelby and her family learned another couple had adopted him and declined to give him up despite a dna test. >> it's been an emotional roller coast e coaster. >> reporter: the animal shelter wasn't able to force a return. >> how do you split a family up? are you okay with that at the end of the day? >> reporter: social media rallied with hundreds of comments. mack even got his own hashtag, #givemackback. in a community ravaged by loss and sorrow, shelby's quest to get mack home became symbolic. >> america just wants something right to happen. >> reporter: the family that adopted mack never commented publicly. but yesterday, whether due to legal pressure or public pressure, they gave the cat up. the animal shelter says it was an emotional experience for them. and as this photo of the moment shows, emotional for shelby too. >> we just want to say thank you for doing the right th

. >> shelby wallace, the cat's owner has no hard feelings toward the couple. >>> a lot of excitementupcoming royal wedding and who may be performing. prince harry and meghan markle are getting married in may. but you knew that, right? >> this morning, there's speculation sir elton john will be singing at their wedding. the 70-year-old is canceling several concerts in las vegas to attend the big wedding. "good morning america" says the singer had been waiting for a nod from the couple to make arrangements and apparently it has come his way. now the big question is, will he be performing? we're still waiting to find out. >> i'm going to guess, totally guessing here, no. i think he's going to want to be an attendee. >> a guest. >> and not have to work. >> ep jnjoy the wedding. >>> never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> starting out with live doppler 7. we're chilly. got the clear sky. boy, is it pretty out there with the sun coming up just after 7:00. numbers look like this. in the mid-50s. temperatures go 47 oakland, 51 san jose. 41 on the coast. half moo

shelby wallace with her feline family, mack and his sister darcy, reunited. >> mack new immediately.he first person he ran to. >> reporter: mack had quite an odyssey, from lost cat to disputed cat when shelby and her family learned another couple had adopted him and declined to give him up despite a dna test. >> it's been an emotional roller coast e coaster. >> reporter: the animal shelter wasn't able to force a return. >> how do you split a family up? are you okay with that at the end of the day? >> reporter: social media rallied with hundreds of comments. mack even got his own hashtag, #givemackback. in a community ravaged by loss and sorrow, shelby's quest to get mack home became symbolic. >> america just wants something right to happen. >> reporter: the family that adopted mack never commented publicly. but yesterday, whether due to legal pressure or public pressure, they gave the cat up. the animal shelter says it was an emotional experience for them. and as this photo of the moment shows, emotional for shelby too. >> we just want to say thank you for doing the right thing. at t

shelby wallace at home and finally with her cat family reunited. >> it affected us emotionally.coaster. >> reporter: all because of 3-year-old mack, who's had quite an odyssey, to fire burn victim, to shelter cat, to disputed cat. another couple adopted him and then declined to give him up despite a $100 dna test and a law that protects the owners of last animals. two days ago her family finally went public and threatened a legal case. the sonoma county animal shelter had no money to force a return. >> it was a challenging situation for i think everybody involved. >> reporter: the family had hoped for a solution for close to a month. after shelby's interview, a social media rally followed, mack even got his own #. shelby's quest to get mack home became symbolic. >> america just wants something right to happen. >> reporter: the family that adopted mack never excellented pexcellented -- commented publicly, but yesterday whether due to media pressure or legal pressure, they gave the cat up. and as this photo of the moment, emotional for shelby too. >> we just want to thank them for

shelby wallace with mack and his sister darcy reunited. >> mack knew immediately. that's the first person he ran to sniemtd mack has had quite an odyssey from lost home fire victim to shelter cat to disputed cat when shelby and her family learned that another couple had adopted him and declined to give him up despite a 100% positive dna test that a local ordinance protecting the owners of lost animals. >> it affected us emotionally. been an emotional roller coaster. >> the sonoma county animal shelter had in leverage to force the return. >> it's a unique situation and we have no precedent. >> how do you split a family up and are you okay with it? >> two days ago, it spurred a social media rally with hundreds of comments. mack each got a #give mack back. >>> in a community ravaged by loss and sorrow, shelby's quest became symbolic. >> america just wants something right to happen. >> the family that adopted mack never commented publicly, whether due to legal pressure or public pressure, they gave the cat up. the animal shelter says it was an emotional experience for

two months after the fire, shelby wallace, mack's original owner, learned he was living with a new adoptive. here's the problem. they don't want the cat to go back to the original owner. >> you split a family up and are you okay with that at the end of the day? >> sonoma county animal services confirms through dna that this is this woman's cat. wallace invoked a unique ordinance to allow families of lost and adoptive pets to file a claim to get the pet back. until this dispute is settled, possibly even in court, the shelter is now serving as a go-between. >> crazy story. >> so we're asking you, i have it on twitter and facebook, what do you think should happen next? >>> we have developments at the richmond crscrap metal yard whe there was a fire. they're hitting the metal company for a public nuisance and illegal open burning. the company should have prevented the fire. a fire at that recycling yard forced a shelter in place and toll workers at the richmond-san rafael bridge had to be evacuated. as for fines and penalties, area drico physicians say those are under review and will be handed

. >> reporter: shelby wallace loves her cats. watch her with 3-year-old darcy.n ask about her heavy heart because she cannot do the same with darcy's brother mack shown in this picture. >> it's devastating. >> reporter: both katsidis appeared when the family lost two homes in the fire. darcy she found and mack, too. here's where the story gets complicated. >> they named him phoenix. >> mack turned up in the animal shelter putting him on posters and videos with the name aspen. when she saw the pictures, the family went to claim then only to learn that the shelter found mack a new home. shelby pressed her case. the shelter did a dna test. >> we got the results back and it did confirm that the cat aspen that we adopted out is the same exact cat as mack. >> we thought that's the end of the story. they're going to give us our cat back. >> reporter: what complicates the case. if a family loses a pet and someone elsa dopts that pet, the family that lost it has the right to file a claim to get that pet back. what makes this case different, the family that adopted mack d

. >> shelby we see wallace. loves her cat. can't do the same with the cats's brother mack shone in this picture. >> it's devastating. >> both cats disappeared when the family lost homes in the sonoma fire starm. darcy she found but and mack too but here is where the story is complicated >> they named him feen zblies he turned up in the animal shelt we are the nickname aspen. when shelby saw the pictures the family went to claim him only to learn by then they found mack a new home. shelby pressed the case. the shelter did a dna test. >> we got the results back. and it did confirm that the cat aspen that we adopted out is the same compact cat as mack. >> we thought that's the end of the story. they're going to give us our cat back. >> what makes this complicated and unique is that? santa rosa if a family loses a pet and then someone else adopts that pet, the family that lost it in the first place has the right to file a claim to get that pet back. what makes this case different, the family that adopted mack doesn't want to give