A two-year-old tabby cat went missing in a recycling centre for three weeks before being found. Mum-of-two Gemma Hutchinson-James said it was a “miracle” her family’s cat was still alive and well upon being rescued, as Surrey Live reports.
Opie lives with Gemma and her two children in Weybridge, Surrey. However, on September 25, the cat jumped into a neighbour’s van before going on a ride to its end destination of Shepperton Community Recycling Centre, some four miles away.
After arriving at the centre, the van’s door was opened and the cat came scuttling out. "The neighbour wasn't sure whose cat it was but I think mine is the only tabby down the road and so we realised quite quickly it was Opie,” Gemma said.
