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HE’S THE CAT that’s captured the heart of the internet – but it’s an absolute mystery how this Australian cat made it all the way to Northern Ireland last week.
Cats Protection in Armagh said that they found the little guy in the village of Laurelvale last Thursday – and they’ve already named him Ozzie:
Ozzie has a microchip which shows he came from Australia but owners never registered their details. He turned up as a stray at a London vet clinic in 2004. Now he is with us after he was found in Laurelvale!!
They’re currently in the process of searching to find out how Ozzie made it all the way to Northern Ireland, and their original Facebook post has been shared over 600 times.
Described by Cats Protection as a “gentle and affectionate cat”, the search for his owners has taken over social media. Speaking about how Ozzie was found Cats Protection co-ordinator Gillian McMullen said:
I responded to a call from a member of the public who was concerned about a poorly stray cat that had been hanging around her garden for several days. The poor cat was starving but obviously had been cared for in the past because it was wearing a collar.
Gillian finished up her appeal by saying:
We have our paws crossed on solving the mystery of Ozzie our travelling cat!
Good luck with the future, Ozzie. We’re all rooting for you.
The branch is now launching an appeal to solve the mystery. Do you have any information about Ozzie? Please get in touch with Cats Protection’s Armagh Branch at armaghcats@hotmail.co.uk or 0044 7709 483 550.
Written by David Elkin and originally published on DailyEdge.ie.
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he even looks Australian
Is he cat-olic do you think?
or mewslim?
he’s definitely a fur-reigner… i’ll give you that.
Ok i’m going now. I have my coat. I’ve embarrassed myself.. no more cat puns ever – pawdon me people.
He’s clearly Purrsbyterian.
Nice picture of the cat and the puppies ha ha
Changes to eco system etc – i don’t have a good feline about this.
Just put the cat down, an undocumented Irish cat found in Australia won’t last 5 min.
Visiting the Giants Pawsway, I’d imagine. Or Giants Clawsway, both work.
Yes !!!!!
He’s on an exchange program with brian mcfadden….. fair swap.
He got 5 grand in black bags from Tony Abbot to leave.
Well it hardly walked
Possibility no 1: someone incorrectly inputted Australia on the chip or an Australian chip was somehow used in the UK
Possibility no 2: The cat is a stowaway and somehow managed to get itself halfway across the world
Yea, I think we’ll go with the second one
Possibility no 3: the cat is pretty racist.
He’s just backpacking around the world
Johnny Depps revenge.
Northern Ireland: 9 out of 10 cats went somewhere else.
Aw! stray alien.
He is orange, must have came for the 12th lol, only joking… Animals are not as stupid as people…
Is it a Sheila ?
bleeding foreigners
Hes a member of the Orange community by the look of him,
Aliens
LOL – Austria, lads, Austria – people are always mixing them up… :) he’s just here to see the lovely Mountains of Mourne…….looks like the trip was worth it : http://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2015/06/aussiecat3-431×500.jpg
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