'Dead' Cat Returns, after 9 Years

[Hum]

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

The RSPCA hope the story will encourage owners to have their pets microchipped. :cat:

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[roadgeek9]

Wow, and I thought losing my cat for 3 weeks was bad.

I'm happy for them.

[MR_Candyman]

Heatwarming.

[Cormier6083]

That's so schweeet! Awwww.....

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Wow! What a reunion.

[Ghostdraconi]

I was hoping for a Zombie Cat :devil:

[Sil3nt]

Damn 9yrs? thats a long time...

[pyrosarco]

That's kind of crazy. I guess the chip wasn't one of those that tells you the cats location.

[Valerus]

I was hoping for a Zombie Cat :devil:

haha i was thinking along the same lines

[Scirwode]

That's so cute :wub: !

Scirwode

[Hum]

I wonder where it's been living all those years. :unsure:

[zeroday]

Aww :wub:

[.Kompressor]

I have to laugh at Hum's news articles he posts...the headlines always crack me up.

I can't believe this one actually makes the Reuters news LOL

[Brad.]

What a nice reunion. Congratulations for the owners ^_^

[Sethos]

Nail it to the floor, then it won't run off again.

[Matt]

think the cat would still remember its original owner?

[em_te]

What if another similar looking cat "ate" the dead cat along with it's microchip?