Missing cat found more than 40 miles from home - behind a car's radiator grill
22.08.2023 - 09:59
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A cat which vanished from its home was found miraculously alive 40 miles away - behind a car's radiator grill.
Terrified Charlie, a five-year-old tabby, was stuck for an hour in the motor after he crept out of his house and climbed inside it on Sunday morning (August 20). His owner Laura Carroll, 40, was left worried sick when she first noticed him missing from their property, in Sunderland.
But later, the moggy was found trapped in a care home nurse's car, who had driven from near her address to Warkworth, Northumberland, for work. Staff at the old people's residence, who discovered the cat, spent more than an hour trying to retrieve him before handing him over to a local rescue centre.
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And remarkably, their volunteers managed to use social media to track down his owners, who then collected at 8.30pm the same day.
Mum-of-three Laura said: “He is a house cat so doesn’t go outside much or for long periods of time. I did think he might just come back later on the day, but the kids were really worried.
“As soon as I saw the ‘found’ photo I knew straight away it was him. And to see he had been found in Northumberland was unbelievable.
“I think he must have escaped out of an open window. I have no idea how he managed to get into the car, and [we] will be getting him chipped now. He’s a very friendly and affectionate cat so would probably go to anyone.”
Laura, who works in admin, said she'd begun hunting for Charlie during the early part of Sunday morning after realising he'd managed to sneak out of her house. She had even put up posters and make social media appeals in the hopes that someone living close to them might find him.
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