A Perthshire vet practice has helped a family in Crieff get their cat back after seven months of it being lost nearly 50 miles away in Kenmore.
Without the microchip, which was used by Heartland Vet Services to locate its owner, the thin ginger cat might never have got home.
Maintenance worker at the Kenmore Club Mike Gracie (59) noticed a “very friendly” cat hanging about in the resort car park.