Cat returns home after 10 years

A cat has been reunited with its owner 10 years after going missing.

Lynx disappeared from her home in Hook, Hampshire, in 1997, and her owner, Patricia Charnet, thought she would never see her pet again.

Earlier this week a stray was found in Carterton, Oxfordshire, and handed in to the Blue Cross centre in Burford.



A scan showed that the 12-year-old tabby was microchipped and the centre tracked down her owner, who lived 60 miles away.

Ms Charnet said that when the animal sanctuary phoned her, she thought they had made a mistake.

"If only she could talk she would have a story to tell."

"I still can't believe we were able to reunite her with her owner after such a long time - it goes to show how important microchipping is," said Mandy Jones, from the Blue Cross centre.