Cat missing for two years turns up on Scottish island

A missing cat has been reunited with its Bearsden, Glasgow owners — after turning up in Millport two years after it vanished.

Karen Ratcliffe was stunned when she was told her beloved pet had been found safe and well, 38 miles away in the seaside town last week.

She has no idea how the Bengal tabby managed to cross the waves to the Isle of Cumbrae — but she and her family are delighted to welcome him home. Ozzie was handed into North Ayrshire Cats Protection by a woman who had noticed that he was a stray and they found that he had a microchip which enabled them to trace his original owner.



Nina Chisholm, a volunteer at North Ayrshire Cats Protection, said: "We got a real shock when we discovered that Ozzie came from Bearsden. It wasn't so much the distance but the fact that he had to cross the water.

"It was great to be able to return him to his rightful owner. The vast majority of cats aren't microchipped so they just have to be re-homed, this shows how effective the chip is in returning lost cats.

"Without it Ozzie would probably never have got back to Bearsden."