Cat missing for TWO years found on street next door and reunited with 'shocked' owner

An elderly cat who went missing for TWO YEARS was found just metres away from home - and reunited with her delighted owner, the RSPCA has revealed.

Adventure-loving Alfie, who is 13, was collected in Droylsden, Tameside, by RSPCA animal rescue officer Lee Ferrans at the beginning of November. Alfie had been 'turning up' at a social club near John Street for a couple of months and regulars called in the charity because they feared she was injured.

When her microchip was scanned, it gave the black cat's address as John Street - which is just around the corner from the club. Lee subsequently returned her to her grateful - and shocked - owner, Judith Moss.

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Mrs Moss said Alfie, named because she was initially thought to be male, was 'a bit of a wanderer' who with the loudest purr would 'say hello to anyone'.

She said: "She had a collar on and I'd got her microchipped, and if she went off she came back. But obviously this time, when there was no sign of her for so long, I was beginning to think she wouldn't return.

"It was a bit of a shock when I heard from Lee to say she'd been found, especially as I go past the social club on my way to work, it's literally just round the corner. I'd love to know what she's been up to for the past two years. My guess is that she's made some friends and been getting fed somewhere, although I'd searched the area and hadn't seen her.

"Maybe now she's two years older she'll have put her adventures behind her and stay put - I hope so."

The RSPCA said the remarkable story illustrated why microchipping - which