Animal welfare activists receive very old cat: when they check his microchip, they are horrified

Leeds (England) - They are there when no one else wants to help. The "Cat Action Trust 1977 Leeds" is a charity that takes in shelter cats aged twelve and over. Because these hard-to-place felines are often put to sleep. This is also how Jasper the stray recently ended up with the volunteer animal welfare activists. When they checked the cat's microchip, they were horrified.

According to the data, the cat was dead! However, the whole thing had nothing to do with the myth surrounding the nine cat lives.

Rather, the helpers suspected that the stray had escaped years ago and had been declared dead at some point.

The cat is now a proud 17 years old, and the helpers were also able to find his name on the chip.

Once the team had everything together, they wanted to give Jasper's owners the good news that he was still alive and had reappeared.

They actually managed to contact the owners by email. But they didn't have any good news for the animal rights activists.

They had already left the UK years ago and left Jasper to a neighbor. So it's back to square one.

"We go to great lengths to reunite lost and stray cats with their owners, including visiting the last registered address and sending a letter to the address," said animal welfare campaigner Alice in an interview with Newsweek this week.

"We're sharing photos on social media and mobilizing a network of lost and found cat Facebook groups to get the word out," she added.

In Jasper's case, the team would now have to track down the neighbors of the first owners. But even that is difficult at the moment. It is therefore quite possible that the old cat will need a new home after all.

"If we can't find an owner, we'll look for a nice, warm retirement home for him," promises Alice. So Jasper is definitely in good hands.