Pepé the cat has been reunited with his owners almost a decade after he went missing.

Pepé was found by PC Liz Harrison on Wednesday (28 August) as she was leaving work at Lancashire Constabulary’s Motorway Post in Samlesbury.

PC Harrison was in the car park when she heard meowing. She looked around and found a cat with an injured paw, so she put him safely into a box and took him to a local vet.

Luckily, Pepé has a microchip, so the vets contacted his owner Caroline and left a voicemail message.

Not long after, a shocked and delighted Caroline rang the vets back saying Pepé was their cat who they had reported missing nine years ago.

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All those years ago they shared an online appeal and put posters up but never heard anything, eventually losing hope. Caroline’s daughter was only three months old at the time.

Caroline and her daughter, now nine-years-old, rushed down to Samlesbury to collect their beloved Pepé.

A spokesperson for Lancashire Constabulary said: “As you can see in the photo of PC Harrison, Caroline, her daughter, and Pepé, everyone was overjoyed to have a happy ending after all!”

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