A lacking moggie has been reunited along with her proprietor greater than 10 years after disappearing.
Linda Ellerton thought she’d by no means see Whiskas once more when she went lacking from her home in Houghton-le-Spring, Wearside in 2013.
But when scrolling by way of Facebook final month the animal lover stumbled throughout an attraction from the RSPCA and recognised the black and white feline.
“I thought it can’t possibly be Whiskas after all these years,”, Linda Ellerton, who now lies in Hazelrigg, Newcastle, mentioned.
Whiskas the cat. (Image: PR)
“I thought the photos looked like her, but it had been so long and we never thought we’d see her again.
“When I saw the RSPCA Facebook post it mentioned the DH4 postal area where we’d lived.
“We had a few cats at that point and she just disappeared. We thought she had found somewhere else to live when she didn’t come in one night.”
The 16-year-old mouser was underweight and in a poor situation when she was present in Chilton Moor, close to Houghton-le-Spring the place she went lacking.
A person who discovered her managed to feed her and take her to the vets earlier than she ended up on the RSPCA in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.
Whiskas the cat with proprietor Linda Ellerton. (Image: PR)
Linda continued: “I’ve been in touch with the gentleman who found her, apparently she was living in his garden shed, and we can’t thank him and the RSPCA enough.
“She is 16 and I’ve now got a dog, so it would be difficult for a cat her age to live with me, but my brother, David, was only too happy to take her and keep her in the family.
“When the RSPCA officer brought her to my brother’s, she came over to me straight away.”
Whiskas has placed on weight and is making a superb restoration after, presumably, many years residing as a stray.
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RSPCA officer David Dawson mentioned: “It was pleasing that we were able to reunite Linda with Whiskas after all these years. She had a cuddle with her and it was very emotional to see.
“The family had given up hope of seeing the cat again, but fortunately, the man who had been feeding her for several months was so concerned about her condition that he managed to get her to a vets.
“It is important that owners keep microchip details up to date when they move home as it makes the task of reuniting them with their pets so much easier.”
