<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of <i>The Telegraph</i> (London, England) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11318788/Missing-cat-Garfield-reunited-with-owner-after-being-lost-for-7-years.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11318788/Missing-cat-Garfield-reunited-with-owner-after-being-lost-for-7-years.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------------</div><div><div class="firstPar"><h1 itemprop="headline name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.16em; font-size: 2.4em; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; color: rgb(30, 30, 30);">Missing cat Garfield reunited with owner after being lost for 7 years</h1><h2 itemprop="alternativeHeadline description" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 1.6em; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);">Nine-year-old Garfield is back at his home in Cardiff after Cats Protection's Bridgend Adoption Centre managed to track down his owner</h2><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A ginger cat missing for seven years has found its way home for the first time ready for 2015. </span></p></div><div class="secondPar"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Garfield disappeared after going on the prowl from his home in Bridgend, South Wales, in 2008. </span></p></div><div class="thirdPar"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Despite not going far Garfield's CAT-nav apparently malfunctioned and he eventually ended up going back to a different home in the same area. </span></p></div><div class="fourthPar"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He was taken in by another family who believed he was a stray before they decided to take him to the Cats Protection Bridgend Adoption Centre. </span></p></div><div class="fifthPar"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There it was discovered Garfield had a microchip and despite an old address being listed the centre was able to track down his original owner Julie Calder. </span></p></div><div class="body"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ms Calder came to collect Garfield from the centre on Tuesday in an emotional reunion. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She said: "I am over the moon to have Garfield back home after seven years. I never stopped thinking about him and wandering where he was. He is going to be very spoilt now."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Carers said Garfield had been very grumpy during his time with Cats Protection but was visibly relaxed as soon as he saw his owner. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sue Dobbs, manager of the centre, said: "Julie just picked him up, something we haven't been able to do, and he proceeded to lick her face. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Apparently he used to do this before he went missing. It was lovely to see. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"It's a great feeling to reunite Garfield and Julie, especially at this time of year."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Thousands of cats go missing every year and sadly almost one in two never return so we're grateful that in this case at least there's been a happy ending. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Microchipping cats, and keeping the contact details up-date, significantly increase the chances of happy reunion if those cats should ever go missing. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"And if you are feeding a stray too, then consider ringing a local animal charity or a vet to see if a scan may reveal a microchip."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Microchips contain a unique identification number and are inserted under the cat's skin between his shoulder blades. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cats Protection's Bridgend Adoption Centre is part of a national network of more than 250 volunteer-run branches and 31 adoption centres that together help over 194,000 cats and kittens every year.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="caption" style="margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">Julie Calder, from Rumney, is reunited with her ginger cat Garfield</span> <span class="credit">Photo: BPM Media</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><img src="cid:FECD9553-D220-4F93-AB43-95E0FAF72B34" alt="image1.jpeg" id="FECD9553-D220-4F93-AB43-95E0FAF72B34"></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_010315.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_010315.jpg</a></p></div></div><div>---------------------------------------</div><div><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>