A CAT missing from a Bristol family for two years has been reunited with his owners having been found safe and well in Leominster.

Adventurous moggy Peter, a three-year-old Bengal, was found in the Herefordshire town last week and taken to a vet by someone believing he was a stray.

But after having his microchip scanned it was discovered he was 65 miles from home.

“I phoned the family and they were absolutely ecstatic; they were screaming,” said Kelly Gripton, veterinary nurse at the Marches Veterinary Group on Ryelands Road. “The family had two small children and had given up hope of Peter ever being found.

“They told me they couldn’t bring themselves to get another cat after Peter went missing.”

They travelled to Leominster the following day to collect their nomadic pet, who was in surprisingly good health.

“He was as fit as a fiddle, one of the biggest cats you’ve seen,“ added Kelly. “We think he may have been taken in by somebody.”

Source: Hereford Times