A ten-year-old lady has been reunited along with her cat after it had been lacking for 9 months.
Katya Harmon, from Woking, Surrey, was filmed welcoming her pet Timmy home after Cats Protection was capable of determine him due to his microchip.
After a tough 12 months for the household, through which Katya’s father Perry died of most cancers, Katya’s mom Svitlana Harmon stated Timmy’s return had “brought some light back”.
Ms Harmon stated: “I had just taken Katya to school when I received a totally unexpected call from Cats Protection. I had given up hope of ever receiving such a call. Timmy was coming home. It was almost unbelievable.
“I knew that Katya would be overjoyed to see Timmy. That was when I hit on the idea of filming that special moment, to capture Katya’s reaction to finding Timmy hiding on her bed.”
Ms Harmon stated: “If it wasn’t for that microchip, we wouldn’t have Timmy home with us now. He won’t leave Katya’s side and she is besotted with him.
“We’ve had it hard this year, like so many people … then I had a miracle call from Cats Protection. It really brought some light back into our world.”
Pauline Welch, welfare officer for Cats Protection’s Woking and District Branch, stated: “We had a report from a lady who had been feeding a suspected stray cat for a couple of months.
“I went round and scanned him for a microchip, which he had thankfully.”
Cats Protection’s Christmas marketing campaign will spotlight the significance of microchipping pets, with the charity claiming that 26% of owned cats within the UK are usually not microchipped.
