Missing Cat Returns After Nine Years!, Never give up hope! |
Missing Cat Returns After Nine Years!, Never give up hope! |
Sep 10 2008, 11:44 AM
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Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 210 Joined: 19-October 06 From: Ireland Member No.: 2,199 |
LONDON (Reuters) - A couple have been reunited with their missing cat after nine years, the RSPCA said on Wednesday.
Dixie, a 15-year-old ginger cat, disappeared in 1999 and her owners thought she had been killed by a car. But now in 2008, she was found less than half a mile from her home in Birmingham after a concerned resident rang the animal charity to report a thin and dishevelled cat who had been in the area for a couple of months. RSPCA Animal Collection Officer Alan Pittaway checked her microchip and confirmed it was Dixie. She was returned to her owners, Alan and Gilly Delaney, within half an hour. "In 29 years of working for the RSPCA I have never seen anyone so excited and happy as Mrs Delaney," Pittaway said. "It made my day to return Dixie to her owners." The couple were "overjoyed" to be reunited with their missing cat after so many years. "Dixie's personality, behaviour and little mannerisms have not changed at all," said Gilly Delaney. "We don't think she has stopped purring since she came back through the door." The RSPCA hope the story will encourage owners to have their pets microchipped. -------------------- My Beloved Bono: This Void is Immeasurable
Born: 25th March 1998 Died: 16th October 2006 My Beautiful Darcey: Come Home to Me Born: 11th August 2006 Disappeared: 11th September 2008 Bono's Webpage: http://www.in-memory-of-pets.com/personalt...te.php?ID=62356 Bono's LS Post: http://lightning-strike.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3317 The Rainbow Bridge: http://www.indigo.org/rainbowbridge_ver2.html |
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