Tigger the Tabby escaped on Saturday November 12, 2022 from the Drogheda Animal Rescue (DAR) Cat Centre on Scholes Lane throughout a cat re-homing day.
But over a yr later, the fleeing feline was found fortunately residing with Hazel Huber and her household close to Bolton Square, unaware of the fuss he had precipitated!
“We have been so upset when he went lacking, as Tigger had been surrendered by his proprietor to DAR who entrusted us to take care of him and discover him a brand new home. We put up posters, spoke to native businesses, appeared and appeared however no signal of Tigger. We have been so apprehensive that he could have been hit by a automotive and his little physique by no means discovered,” defined DAR volunteer Lisa Martinez.
“Then we received a message from Hazel last Thursday. She was in Westgate Veterinary Hospital and noticed a missing cat poster on their bulletin board and saw the resemblance to a cat who started visiting her garden in Greenlanes at the end of 2022, and eventually he moved inside her house.”
Hazel takes up the story.
“I had taken my dog Bella to the vets to get her annual booster, and as I was in the waiting room, I spotted the poster and I thought the cat looked really familiar,” she says. “I took a photo and sent it my husband to see what he thought, and we both agreed it looked very like our Ben.”
Ben had began hanging round their backyard round November 2022, finally making himself so at home, he moved in, turning into a part of the household.
Ben is now greatest friends together with his housemate Bella the canine.
“When I bought home, I despatched some images to DAR and a volunteer got here round to see if he was chipped, and so they have been in a position to inform immediately it was their lacking cat,” says Hazel. “I had a cat go missing on me in 2018, and I thought someone would want to know if it was their cat.”
Hazel’s son Ryan had grown very near the cat, whom he christened Ben, so that they had a tense jiffy to see if they might need to return him to an proprietor, however as luck would have it, he may maintain his paws firmly beneath their desk.
“Thankfully Tigger was microchipped so when we scanned the mystery Tabby cat, we were able to see it was our escapee,” added Lisa. “He had made himself right at home and has both feline and canine family now as well as his own little human, a five-year boy who named him ‘Ben’ and has adopted Tigger as his own cat.
“Of course Tigger is staying with his family, we are not taking him away, as Tigger couldn’t have found himself a better home”.
If there’s a ethical to the story, it’s that cats should be microchipped each bit as a lot as dogs.
“We never stopped looking for Tigger and never stopped thinking about what became of him. So after 434 days, we can finally rest a little easier knowing he is safe and being well cared for and really didn’t travel that far away,” provides Lisa. “
“It does stress the importance of microchipping cats as well, because as of last year, DAR microchips all of its cats, but we found that it’s actually better for cat ownership to microchip the cats, because we always get reports of cats which have gone missing, or found dead on the road. And we’ve even had a case where two people are arguing over the same cat that that’s their cat, as cats are very good at having two homes!”
DAR has been rescuing and rehoming cats and dogs for over 25 years and after they have been compelled to maneuver from their non permanent home since 2009, they haven’t any everlasting place from which to function.
The poster of lacking ‘Tigger’ that Hazel recognised in her native vets.
“We nonetheless haven’t managed to discover a new home however we’re busier than ever, and rely very closely on foster take care of each our cats and dogs,” she explains.
“We are additionally doing extra TNR (lure neuter and return) for the feral cats too, as a result of if these cats are simply left to their very own gadgets, they’re going to simply multiply like loopy.”
The volunteers have not given up hope altogether of a brand new home.
“We positively nonetheless desire a new place, primarily for the cats, and we remind those that cats not like dogs, are very quiet tenants,” says Lisa with a smile. “Mainly our funding comes from public donations and from the Department of Agriculture, and then we also have our adoption fees for the animals as well.
“But it is difficult because the veterinary costs in general have gone up across the board”.
If you want to donate to DAR, there are numerous strategies:
“We do have a PayPal account and the account quantity is [email protected] or individuals can name and provides their card particulars over the cellphone and say they’d wish to donate in the direction of the DAR account,” explains Lisa. “Or they can do it the good old fashioned way they can send a cheque to our PO Box with is Drogheda Animal Rescue PO Box159 dry the, Drogheda Co Louth.
“Or for a cash donation, they can arrange to meet up with one of the volunteers and we give a little receipt”.
Email: [email protected]. Phone: 041 983 2418 or go to the Facebook Page – Drogheda Animal Rescue
