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1,000-mile trip for lost moggy
Six of the pups pose for a pic
A STRAY cat was reunited with her frantic owners after being found 500 miles from home.
The seven-year-old black cat, named Lucy, was missing for two months from her home in Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
Her disappearance was a mystery – until suddenly she turned up on the Isle of Lismore, in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.
The kitty had hitched a ride in a horsebox belonging to her family’s neighbours, who moved there.
Airline Flybe stepped in to help and flew her back to Southampton where she was reunited with her relieved owners.
Zara Ellis, was at Southampton Airport with her daughter and partner to welcome the cat home.
She said to the crew: “Thank you so much for all your help in rescuing
Lucy on what really was an epic trip. It all went as smoothly as we could ever possibly have hoped.
“She is now home and quite frankly, delighted. She is already back in her usual spot and seems
Keith Sivell & Louise White quite determined not to leave it. She is officially grounded.
“No more adventures for this cat for a while.”
A spokesman for Flybe said: “Everything went purr-fectly on the day and we were thrilled to play a part in what was a wonderfully happy family reunion.”
Zara added: “Now we are all ecstatic. It has been a long wait, but it has all been worthwhile, and I am so relieved she is back.
“Lucy was so happy to see us, she was purring and cuddling up to us, and I’ve never seen Alice so happy.”
She continued: “I cannot thank Flybe enough for all their help in bringing her home.
“Thanks also to Wightlink for giving us a free passage to the mainland to go pick her up.”