Chris and Anne Wardell have been distraught when their cat Dennis disappeared from their household home in Manning Bruce close to Pewsey in April 2021.
Despite quite a few searches and determined Facebook appeals, the couple have been unable to search out Dennis and so registered his microchip on the lacking pet database PetTrac.
As the years glided by and so they continued to listen to nothing, the couple have been compelled to come back to the conclusion that Dennis will need to have died.
But on Wednesday, November 22, 2023, Chris couldn’t imagine his ears when he obtained a shock cellphone name from PetTrac to say that Dennis had been discovered alive and effectively, and had returned to the village.
Steve and Sheila Smith who additionally dwell in Manning Bruce had put in a wildlife digital camera of their backyard for hedgehogs, and had observed a thin black cat frequently chomping on the hedgehog’s meals.
“He was very nervous but came back to their garden for food every day until they managed to entice him indoors. They then borrowed a scanner and found that his microchip was registered with PetTrac,” defined Anne Wardell.
The hedgehog lovers instantly contacted PetTrac and have been astounded to search out out that Dennis had been lacking for over two years, and that his household lived lower than a mile down the highway.
“Dennis has always been a very curious cat, and often sneaked into cars & delivery vans. We think that he must have stowed away in a van or a lorry back in April 2021, been taken somewhere far from home & couldn’t get his bearings,” mentioned Anne.
“He’d clearly been residing on his wits looking for his approach home, and fortunately discovered himself within the backyard of the stunning Steve & Sheila Smith, who handled him with such kindness.
“We are forever in their debt for getting Dennis back home where he is settling back in really well,” she added.
The Wiltshire couple at the moment are urging all pet homeowners to get their pets microchipped and register them with PetTrac is that they go lacking.
“Microchipping is the reason we get to see our cat again. If only Dennis could talk and tell us where he’s been all these years,” mentioned Anne.
