A missing cat has finally been reunited with his owner five years after being ‘catnapped’.
Danielle Arme was left heartbroken when her beloved kitten Bodhi suddenly disappeared in July 2021. In a double blow, Bodhi’s brother Braxon also vanished leaving the family devastated.
Danielle put posters up around her neighborhood in Derby, England, and asked locals but no one had seen either of the grey tabbies.
Braxon was found a few weeks later, but Bodhi stayed missing—and eventually the family was forced to give up hope and eventually moved to a new home.
Danielle was stunned when a vet called her last week saying her long lost pet had been found 20 miles away from where he was last seen.
“I burst into tears, I was so shocked,” said the 37-year-old. “There’s not many cats that go missing for that long and come back to you – it was just so surreal.
“I shouted his name when we met, and he came totting on over, it was like out of a film. He rubbed his head on me and was purring. He was so loving after all these years.”
Danielle got two boy cats from the same litter in 2020, and believes Bodhi and Braxon had been ‘catnapped’ before being dumped miles from home.
“The heartache I felt when they were both missing was unbelievable.
People around her suspected someone was responsible because six cats had mysteriously disappeared. There was never any proof so the police never got involved.
“When my two lovely boys went missing I was posting letters through doors and spreading them far and wide.”
Months later Braxon was found wandering the streets 20 miles away in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, so she immediately posted a notice about Bodhi on the Facebook page for the town, in case anyone saw him.
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“The years rolled by and I thought he was a goner, until this lovely lady called Viccie Mahon from Sudbury messaged me through Facebook last week and asked if I ever found my cat Bodhi.”
“She said she thought she had him, and he’d been living around her cottage and under her car port.
Viccie had been trying to get hold of the family since last year, but they moved twice since Bodhi and hadn’t updated the contact info on his chip.
“Finally, she searched Bodhi’s name on Facebook and lo and behold my poster from all those years ago came up, and she managed to message me.
“It was nothing short of a miracle.”
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Danielle has since kept Bodhi indoors and vowed to keep a close eye on him going forward.
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