Appeal to find deaf cat who hitched ride in van

A deaf cat is missing after hitching a ride four miles from home in a delivery van.

Dobby lives in The Meadows, Nottingham, but on 20 May he hopped inside a driver's vehicle as a stowaway and rode to the Carlton area of the city.

The white tom cat has a tracker tag in his collar but the trail went cold after he slipped out of it in a garden.

Rescue charity Beauty's Legacy is working to track down Dobby. Senior animal welfare officer Lisa Dean said: "The fact that he's completely deaf, makes him exceptionally vulnerable."

Beauty's Legacy is planning to install cameras and food stations in the area where he was last seen.

Dean added that there had been potential sightings of a white cat not seen locally.

She said: "Anyone that lives in the Carlton area, just be vigilant if they see a pure white cat that they've not seen before.

"He's very distinctive - he's got bright blue eyes, a very pink nose. He's very inquisitive and very friendly, but obviously, he's now displaced in an area he has no idea where he is, so he's going to be skittish.

"Put some food down, put some water out to attract him, and if you see him, call us and one of us can get over there."

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