Casper is safely returned just in time for Christmas

Casper, a white male cat, from Robertsbridge, East Sussex, has recently been reunited with his family just in time for Christmas after being missing for over six months! Casper is just one of the many thousands of pets reunited with their owners, thanks to Petlog, the largest pet reunification service in the UK, which safeguards over 3 million pets.

"Casper went missing on 24^th June 2008," said owner, Tracy Veness.

"When he first went missing we walked for miles around all the surrounding fields, put up loads of posters in the village, contacted all the local cat societies and obviously alerted Petlog.

"We were amazed at how many white cats there actually are in the area. We thought there were only a few! But being in a village, we were amazed at how kind and helpful everybody seemed to be in trying to help us find him. Even as the months went on people still kept providing leads and we never gave up hope!

"Then one day, my daughter, Alice (8 years) was off sick and I was out in the garden and the next thing I knew she was hanging out of the window shouting with excitement that Casper had been found! A vet at Goudhurst, a good half an hour drive from us had scanned Casper and found the contact information on his chip.

"He had been handed in from Bell-Bedgebury, an International Language School, which is situated in a beautiful mansion house with a paneled reception hall and a roaring fire. Apparently he had been there for a few weeks hanging around and had been wandering in and out of the Principal's Office, sleeping in front of the fire, and then popping round to the school's kitchens for a light snack!

"But where he had been before that no one knows. We can only think he must have got into a lorry or car as we can't imagine he could have wandered that distance by himself.

"He looked very well and it only took a couple of days for him to settle in back home. We are just so pleased we decided to have him chipped otherwise we would never have had him returned and we would always have been half looking and wondering what had happened to him.

"When he first went missing, I read some of the Petlog stories of how pets have been reunited with their owners and it gave me hope that he could still be found, even though I could see people thought I was slightly mad to be thinking that!

"We are all delighted to have Casper back. This is a wonderful Christmas story, one that will be told down many generations I'm sure, of Casper the Christmas Cat!!

"For us, this is a true Christmas present!"

Sadly, thousands of pets go missing every year and many are not reunited with their owners as they do not have any form of identification. Casper's remarkable story is just one of the many success stories where pets have been reunited with their owners as they have taken responsibility for their pet's safety and welfare by having a microchip inserted under the animal's skin.

Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club spokesperson commented "It's really heart-warming to hear Casper's story. This is why the Kennel Club created Petlog, to reunite owners with their missing pets. Unfortunately, it is all too easy for your pet to run off and end up lost and alone. We're happy to hear that Casper has been reunited with his family just in time for Christmas!"

Petlog understands just how devastating it can be for an owner to lose a pet and it is dedicated to encouraging owners to identify their pets properly, whether it's a dog, cat, rabbit, tortoise or even a horse, so that, when found, they can be reunited as quickly as possible. Based in Buckinghamshire, Petlog is on hand 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for animal wardens, welfare centres, veterinary practices, rescue centres and local authorities, who can scan microchips found in missing pets and trace their owners through the Petlog database - a service dedicated to helping owners to find their lost pets.

Having a microchip implanted in your pet vastly increases a pet's chances of getting home, as if found it can be scanned and identified by its unique reference number and reunited rather than put in kennels or re-homed. Pet owners have a legal requirement to ensure that their pet is under their control and this includes some form of proper identification.

Petlog provides a range of services for owners of microchipped pets. For further information, please visit www.petlog.org.uk or call 0844 463 3999.

To submit your own re-unification story, please e-mail us at petlogadmin@thekennelclub.org.uk

 

 

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