A cat in England escaped from a boat while traveling and returned to its owners ten years later near the English city of Lichfield, Staffordshire, and returned to the owners ten years after the disappearance. This is reported by Sky News.
In 2011, Colin Clayton and Eva Bellamipara spent their honeymoon boat near Fredley's Junction, a canal junction between Fradley and Alrevas 40 kilometers from their home in Birmingham. They took with them the Weasle cat and her two offspring, Diesel and Big Green. The pets were used to life on the canal. They jumped off the boat and returned to it. During another such walk, two cats returned to the boat, and the third – three-year-old Big Greenge – escaped.
The owners of the animal had to stay for five days in order to find him, but they were unsuccessful. They eventually returned to Birmingham without Big Green. The cat was chipped and the couple registered him as missing. Ten years later, 61-year-old Clayton and 58-year-old Bellamy received a call and reported that Big Greenge had been found.
A stray cat named Marmalade has attracted the attention of employees of an organization that rescues cats. Sue Hocknell, an employee of the organization, said that she spent three weeks trying to catch the cat every night in order to scan its microchip.
“For some time a local man was feeding him, and Marmalade began to trust this man. The man called and said that Marmalade had come to his apartment and that he had a tumor on his side, ”Hocknell said. She arranged a vet visit for the cat. Finally, it was possible to establish his real name and the names of the owners.
The tumor was not fatal, and Big Green was reunited with his family, where during his absence the dogs Mutley and Misty Moo appeared.
Clayton stated that now the owners of the cat will keep him at home. “He looks very happy and shows no interest in walking outside,” he said.
It is not known exactly how the cat survived during these ten years.
Previously it was reported that the missing cat in the Scottish city of Aberdeen returned to the owners ten years later. Since returning home, the cat has regained the same habits that it had before it disappeared.