Cat who went missing six years ago reunites with owner after being found living under a bush three streets away

Pensioner couple Pauline and Trevor have been shocked to find their cat, Georgie, was alive after going lacking six years in the past (Image: RSPCA / SWNS)

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When Georgie the cat darted out of a window in September 2016, Pauline and Trevor Robinson quickly gave up hope of ever seeing their beloved pet once more.

They looked for the animal tirelessly to no avail, and the couple believed Georgie should have died.

They even put a memorial plaque to the cat on the mantelpiece at their residence in County Durham.

So think about their shock when six years later, Trevor and Pauline obtained a name from the RSPCA, telling them their cat had been discovered.

Georgie had been found dwelling below a bush – simply 500 yards from Pauline and Trevor’s residence.

RSPCA inspector John Lawson obtained a name from apprehensive residents saying they'd seen a badly malnourished stray cat on the street.

Georgie was underweight and affected by an open sore on her throat when she was taken to the vet.

When home cat Georgie dashed out of the window and searches weren’t profitable, her homeowners assumed she had died and even put up a plaque in her honour (Image: RSPCA / SWNS)

A test revealed Georgie was microchipped and that her homeowners, Pauline, 78, and Trevor, 81, lived simply across the nook.

After an emotional reunion, Georgie, who's now 14, is settling again residence and is getting ready to fulfill the couple’s two different cats, Charlie and Sabrina, and rescue canine, Bree.

Pauline stated: ‘Georgie was eight when she went lacking.

‘We had her as a kitten from the identical litter as one other cat, Fudge, who has handed now.

‘We have been so upset we knocked on doorways and put up posters for weeks to attempt to discover her, however ultimately we accepted that she wasn’t coming again and that she had in all probability died.

‘It’s a miracle actually and we couldn’t perceive how she was so near us.

‘My son lives on Entrance Road and we used to stroll down that means with our canine.

However six years later, Georgie was taken into the RSPCA (Image: RSPCA / SWNS)

‘Perhaps somebody took her in for a few of these years as a result of I don’t suppose she would have survived dwelling tough for that lengthy.

‘We’d been out one evening and there was a card from the RSPCA put by way of the door saying they thought they’d discovered our cat.

‘As soon as they described her to me I knew it was her.

‘She went straight onto my knee as if she hadn’t been away – I had a couple of tears I need to admit.

‘The RSPCA has been tip-top and it does present that microchipping works.’

RSPCA Inspector Lawson stated: ‘Georgie wasn’t doing very properly to be sincere when I discovered her.

‘She was very underweight and had a flea an infection. She was dwelling tough and a resident who was feeding her stated she’d been conscious of her for no less than two years.

A microchip meant the cat, now 14, was capable of be reunited together with her homeowners (Image: RSPCA / SWNS)

‘Tins of tuna have been being put down for her and it seems she limped on, helped by the kindness of strangers.

‘However regardless of the whole lot she was very pleasant after we discovered her and he or she was so completely satisfied to see her homeowners – she didn’t transfer from Pauline’s knee.

‘Georgie had been a home cat who by no means ventured out, till she received out by way of a window.

‘It’s unimaginable she was dwelling possibly simply three streets away from Pauline and Trevor.

‘It additionally demonstrates the significance of getting cats microchipped. Georgie wouldn't have been reunited together with her homeowners with out one.’