A cat has made an incredible journey spanning 170 miles from Liverpool to Bristol hiding in the engine of a van. Zetland Vetinary Group is trying to reunite the cat, who vets predict is between 12 to 14 weeks old, with his owner after he was brought to the practice in Redland on Thursday (July 28).
Miacarlla Harrison, who works at Parcelforce in Bristol, told BristolLive how one of the company's drivers discovered the kitten hiding in the engine of a van he was picking up in the Haydock area of Liverpool. After he was discovered during the obligatory vehicle checks, the team managed to encourage him out and they brought him into the office.
Ms Harrison explained: "Once I found a vet that was willing to look after him I got one of my drivers to take him down to get him checked over. He was very scared initially as he obviously didn't know where he was and he had probably just fallen asleep in there and then all of a sudden there's hands and faces that he doesn't recognise trying to get hold of him. Once he was in the office though he had a little run around doing backflips off the wall so I nicknamed him 'Taz' after the Tasmanian devil."
