Cat returned home after dog died

Daisy is a cat owned by Lesley Sandford together with a dog named Jake, together they lived in a new home in Churwell, Leeds, UK. Daisy and Jake weren't the typical cat and dog that would fight each other all the time. Instead, the black and white cat and the white Alsatian Dog often cuddled up with each other in front of the fire. (Pic attached is for illustration purpose only, not the real cat and dog depicted in the story)

But one day, Daisy disappeared. Lesley tried to look everywhere but Daisy is nowhere to be found. She even launches a poster campaign, and publishes advertisements in the local press but failed to receive any feedback. Lesley said "At times when we went out for walks, I would call her name and Jake will run around trying to sniff her out". Days went into months, and months went into years, hopes of finding her slowly fades.

In August '07, Jake suffered serious spinal injuries after becoming trapped in a ditch while out walking with Lesley. Jake had to undergo extensive surgery but he suffered a relapse of his injury and Lesley and partner Mark had to make the heart-breaking decision to have him put down. Then just a day after losing Jake, Lesley received a call from Leeds Cat Rescue Centre who told her they believe they had found Daisy!.




Lesley Stanford together
with her son and Daisy

Lesley said "I thought it was some kind of sick joke at first. I told them I had a cat but it had been missing since June 2002 and there was no way it could be mine. But they told me to come and have a look and I couldn't believe my eyes." Staff at the centre thinks Daisy may have become confused as she went missing shortly after Lesley moved to her house in Churwell and may have been frightened off by traffic.

She was found in Morley, about five miles away from home, and it is thought she had been living in the wild and occasionally being fed by local residents. Lesley said "The woman who found her noticed she had been chipped and took her to the rescue centre and they information came up straight away on the computer. I can't believe I have got her back after all this time, especially just a day after I lost Jake."


Source : yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

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