When her black cat went missing in 2020, Alison Woodrow was devastated and assumed the worst. Mojo, was just 2 years old when he went for a walk and never returned home. Alison looked everywhere for her beloved cat, but couldn't find him anywhere. After a while, she lost hope, thinking her cat would never return. But four years later, she received a call from the local vet, saying "we've found your cat," reported ITV.
Alison is a cat foster parent for Peterborough Cats Protection in Peterborough, England. She volunteered to foster cats for more than 10 years without ever adopting one of the cats she fostered. But Mojo was different, she told ITV.
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Mojo was first rescued when he was 4 weeks old, Alison told BBC. When he was rescued as a kitten, he was "in a terrible state," she explained to ITV. Alison felt horrible when Mojo disappeared in 2020, telling ITV that "not knowing what had happened to Mojo was just awful."
"You always think the worst and as we had some very big dogs in the area I was fearful of what could have happened to him," she told the outlet.
She was not expecting Mojo to be found safe four years later. After receiving the call from the vet, Alison rushed to her car to pick him up. Because he had spent so much time away from home, it took him some time to adjust, she told BBC, but now, he's getting used to being home again and sleeping in bed with Alison, per ITV.
Peterborough Cats Protection shared the news on Facebook and reminded anyone who finds a cat that seems to be a stray to get the cat checked for a microchip (Mojo was microchipped, which helped reunite him with Alison).
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"Microchips are invaluable in getting missing cats home," Alison told ITV. Based on his appearance when he returned home, Alison assumed that someone else had been taking good care of him for some time. "He has been much loved so it’s nice to know," she told BBC.
On Facebook, Peterborough Cats Protection shared that the person taking care of Mojo since January lives within walking distance of Alison. The organization also shared a photo to celebrate, captioning it with, "Mojo, back home, where he belongs."
