MIRACULOUS PET reunion
Aimee Wilkinson was devastated when her sweet little kitten Smudge went missing from her home in 2014.
But the pair have miraculously been reunited eight years later thanks to social media and his microchip.
Now eight years old, Smudge was tiny when his owners last saw him. He didn’t return home after going outside with his brother.
Aimee, 29, from Darlington, County Durham, was heartbroken so she contacted Petlog, who Smudge is microchipped with, and her vet’s to alert them. She put up posters, shared appeals on social media and looked every day for months – but it came to nothing.
Then, coincidentally on Smudge’s eighth birthday, Aimee saw a cat’s photo posted on a lost and found pets social media group, who looked just like her long-lost cat.
Smudge was found just half-a-mile away by a local resident, who got his microchip scanned at the vet’s, which confirmed it was him. And the pair were finally reunited. Aimee commented: “I was devastated for months when we first lost Smudge, but I was adamant I’d find him again. I’m absolutely over the moon we have finally been reunited. Who’d believe it?
“We were very lucky his rescuer found him, shared his photo on Facebook and scanned his microchip, which identified it definitely was him after all these years.
“Smudge is now home safe and sound. He’s a bit skinny and out of sorts, but as loving as ever and now fully checked over, vaccinated, flea-ed and wormed. He’s also insured and most importantly, my contact details are updated on his Petlog microchip.
“Please update your microchip details, if you move or circumstances change – it’s really important to keep your pet safe. We’re one happy family again because Smudge is home.”
Aimee and Smudge were reunited during National Microchipping Month, organised by Petlog, the UK’s largest lost and found pet database, to encourage owners to microchip their pets and keep their details updated.