Lost cat returned home after nine years

Reuters) ^ | Wed Sep 10, 10:48 AM ET | Anna Legge

[BenLurkin]

LONDON (Reuters) - A couple have been reunited with their missing cat after nine years, the RSPCA said on Wednesday.

Dixie, a 15-year-old ginger cat, disappeared in 1999 and her owners thought she had been killed by a car.

She was found less than half a mile from her home in Birmingham after a concerned resident rang the animal charity to report a thin and dishevelled cat who had been in the area for a couple of months.

RSPCA Animal Collection Officer Alan Pittaway checked her microchip and confirmed it was Dixie. She was returned to her owners, Alan and Gilly Delaney, within half an hour.

"In 29 years of working for the RSPCA I have never seen anyone so excited and happy as Mrs Delaney," Pittaway said. "It made my day to return Dixie to her owners."

The couple were "overjoyed" to be reunited with their missing cat after so many years.

"Dixie's personality, behaviour and little mannerisms have not changed at all," said Gilly Delaney. "We don't think she has stopped purring since she came back through the door."

[BenLurkin]

[American Quilter]

A happy ending for the cat-about-town.

[PowerPro]

I LOVE stories like this! Thank you for sharing!

[LakeLady]

Thank you so much for posting this. I just needed something heartening after this past week!!!!

[kitkat]

Lost cat found after nine years.

[ClearCase_guy]

Dixie, a 15-year-old ginger cat, disappeared in 1999

So, the cat is now 24?

[FocusNexus]

Kitty ping

[Inkie]

The cat pictured is not a ginger cat.

However, I’m still hoping to find my Burmese and ginger cat after they wandered away. I now do not let my cats outside even for one minute.

[TheWasteLand]

I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see

Thanks for the story.

[Eccl 10:2]

“Dixie, a 15-year-old ginger cat, disappeared in 1999 ... SPCA Animal Collection Officer Alan Pittaway checked her microchip and confirmed it was Dixie.”

I like a happy ending as much as the next person, but did they even have pet microchipping in 1999 (or possibly before)?

[Slings and Arrows]

[Monkey Face]

Awwwww.....

:o])

[Americanchild]

That is not a ginger ( yellow) cat in the picture. It’s a tortoiseshell. Nice story though.

[Allegra]

Great news! I’m very happy for Dixie and her MamaKitty.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

: )

[SatinDoll]

Yeah, it would be a tortoiseshell!

[Biggirl]

Truly good news!

[Biggirl]

=^..^=

[Kimmers]

Thank you for the none political good news for kitty post......made me smile