Our cat has been found SIX YEARS after going missing… but it’s 10,000 miles away, say Brit family
A BRITISH family has shared how they were relieved to hear their missing cat was found six years later but they have now moved over 10,000 miles away.
The Gregory family were left heartbroken when their tabby Tallulah vanished in 2017 from their home in Kentish Town, north London.
Lisa Gregory, her husband James and their three kids Mia, Jed and Ostyn mourned their loss but then emigrated to Sydney Australia a year later.
But Lisa, 45, then got a shock when she received an email from the RSPCA saying her Tallulah had been found.
She said: “I couldn’t believe it.
“Lo and behold I woke up to an email from the RSPCA saying they had our cat.
“Tallulah is microchipped and they tried to contact me on the phone number registered but I have a different number now.
“They have even put notes through the door but we obviously don’t live there any more.
“I was still in disbelief and asked them to send a picture and of course it’s Tallulah.”
Lisa and James, 57 – parents to Mia 15, Jed 13 and Ostyn 12 – got her from his sister Diana.
The tabby which was just 18 months, when it disappeared, had been spotted as a stray very close to the family’s old house in north London.
She added: “We had three young children and she was really loved by everyone.
“She was a delightful kitten the kids could pick her up.
“But she was very food motivated and she just didn’t come home one day.
“I think she had been fed by someone else. I believe they just kept her and didn’t let her out.
“We did everything you can do, posted flyers, knocked on neighbours’ doors, checked with the vet.
“During that time we were planning to go to Australia and take her with us.
“We grieved our loss and just presumed she got lost or died we just did not know.
“It was sad for the kids, she was a beautiful family pet.”
The ex-pat family who moved to Australia in 2018, now face a £2,000 bill and a year-long wait to get her to come and live Down Under with them.
Tallulah would need blood tests, a long wait for results and then be quarantined.
Lisa added: “We are still undecided.
“She is now seven-and-half and the whole process of taking a cat to Australia can take up to 12 months.
“It’s a lot of money, about £2,000 and she will be eight-and-a-half before he would get her.”
The other option is for her to live with Diana who bred her where she will be from this weekend.
“We plan to FaceTime and reconnect that way and decide what is best for her.
“The RSPCA have been very helpful.
“She is a beautiful cat and has warmed the hearts of the staff there.”