A missing cat has been returned to its owners two years after he went missing.
Lupin, a black and white cat, was picked up by the RSPCA after a woman called in to report a stray cat. He was then collected five miles from where he was last seen.
Harriet Tarbatt and her partner Michael were identified as the cat's owners through his microchip. The RSPCA then reunited the trio.
From Leeds, Harriet and Michael thought they'd never see him again after he failed to come back early last year when he was let out with his sister. They searched and put up posters of him but he was never found.
However, on December 10, an RSPCA inspector brought Lupin back home. Harriet said: “We couldn’t believe it when we got the phone call from the RSPCA.
"Early last year we let Lupin out with his sister and he didn’t come back which was so unusual. We looked for him up and down the streets and we put down biscuits and put up posters everywhere.
"We thought he was in someone’s home, but he never returned and there were no sightings.
“He’s a bit scrawny, but he’s not underweight, so he has been looked after somewhere and been fed.”
Lupin is believed to have become a stray and the RSPCA were alerted to him after he tried to get into a house. An inspector set a cat trap and Lupin was discovered only slightly worse for wear after his lengthy period of outdoor life.
He had some fur loss to his tail, but fortunately he had been microchipped and the details revealed his registered owners lived five miles away in Meanwood, Leeds.
Lupin, who is now two, was also glad to be reunited with the couple’s other cat, Juno, and is settling back into family life. Harriet said: “We can’t thank the RSPCA enough for getting him back to us.”
The RSPCA’s Inspector Taylor said: “It is so important that cat owners get their pets microchipped and make sure the registered details are up to date - and this amazing story reminds us why.”
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