Animal Search UK’s Missing Pet Search Team are out in Gedling today, February 22, on the hunt for the missing cat Portia.
Portia escaped the house on Thursday, February 15 and hasn’t come home.
There has been only one potential sighting of Portia since she escaped, and the observer reported that she appeared injured, which is increasingly concerning for the owners.
The charity believes she is either scared hiding somewhere close by or befriended a neighbour in the area for some food and shelter.
Animal Search UK, the UK’s leading missing pet organisation, are conducting a search for Portia today in the local area and they need your help.
Portia is a beautiful Siamese cat with blue eyes. She is chipped and neutered.
Portia’s worried owners said: “My young children (and us) are heartbroken and just want her back.
“She’s a house cat and isn’t used to being outside. She’s gentle and nervous and I believe the only reason she didn’t come back quickly after wandering outside the back door is that just after she escaped my house sitter let our dog out so she will have moved away from the dog, he then locked her out and didn’t realise she was missing until Saturday afternoon. She would have been walking around meowing outside the house, but the house sitter is a bit deaf and wouldn’t have heard her.
“The potential sighting of her injured is very worrying but would explain why she’s not come home. Maybe she’s been chased, attacked or hit by a car and is too badly injured to make the journey back.”
Alisha Turner from the Media Team and Animal Search Headquarters said:“We are worried about Portia since she is an indoor cat and this being the longest she has spent outside.
“She has little road sense and likely to become overwhelmed by her environment. We are urging everyone in the area to be vigilant and to check their gardens.“
Anyone who thinks they might have seen Portia or have any information, please call the Animal Search UK team on 0800 4 320 340 or visit our website at www.animalsearchuk.co.uk quoting reference number ALP311494.
Animal Search UK’s missing pet search team are the only one of their kind, with over 22 years of extensive experience successfully reuniting pets across the UK.
Pet owners are urged to PROTECT their beloved pets at www.animalsearchuk.co.uk, ensuring they are prepared for the worst. You can also become part of their Pet Watch Campaign to help keep the pets of your neighbourhood safe.
*We urge anyone in Gedling (Nottingham) and surrounding areas to be vigilant and check their sheds and outbuildings. Transport workers, also please check your vehicles for Portia*
