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Stacey Deanna Oliver, of Mallard Close, as soon as obtained 27 calls in someday from folks alerting her that her ‘lost’ cat had been discovered.
For 9 years, Frankie the feline has been mistaken day by day for a stray due to her love for visiting Sainsbury’s in Hampden Park.
Locals can usually discover her sitting on a bench exterior or sleeping on cabinets inside the shop.
While she’s a much-loved function of the world, Stacey has needed to take to social media on a number of events to make it clear Frankie isn’t misplaced, and truly simply lives a number of hundred yards away.
“I perceive folks’s considerations as a result of they assume that she’s a stray cat however, if she’s obtained a collar on, clearly she’s not misplaced,” she stated.
“It drives me mad when she will get taken to the vets 5 instances a day. When the vets name me now, I say: ‘can you ask them to please drop her back off at Sainsbury’s?’”
Stacey stated she ‘doesn’t thoughts’ Frankie visiting the native grocery store, however needs folks would cease feeding her, as she has been identified to enterprise out for ‘six to seven weeks at a time’ and is now chubby from all the additional meals.
She added: “I’ve seen meals bowls there the place individuals are shopping for her bowls and feeding her tuna. She’ll then come again home and have one other dinner.
“I can’t cease them from feeding her, she’s only a lovable cat.
“We’ve been in there when it’s been raining and folks have really taken off their jacket and put it around her when she’s sitting on the bench.
“She’s just an attention seeker. She loves a fuss made of her.”
When she’s not at Sainsbury’s, Frankie can be noticed at East Sussex College, in addition to St Wilfrid’s Hospice the place she has been identified to ‘comfort people in times of need’, in keeping with Stacey.
“One lady, when her partner passed away, Frankie was sitting with her and sort of cuddled up to her and her son,” Stacey stated.
“She said it was really comforting to her. I thought it was really nice of her to reach out.”
