Bitten's story

Bitten and his brother Biter were adopted as kittens by Katherine and her partner from Cats Protection in 2001, soon followed by two other rescue kittens.

When Katherine's partner fell ill with cancer, these four kittens brought joy and life to the house. When he died, in June 2002, they were the only reason she could find for getting out of bed in the morning.

Life went on, as it does.

Then one day in August 2005, Bitten just vanished.

Katherine did what every cat lover does: posters, flyers, phoning vets and animal rescue centres, talking to neighbours, adverts in newspapers, online lost and found registers... Nothing came of it.

Katherine's last hope was Bitten's microchip.

But she began to discover that that microchip was no guarantee that she and Bitten would be reunited: vets don't routinely scan animals on their first visit; not all animal rescue centres scan strays brought to them for rehoming; not all local authorities scan animals found dead on the road. And more.

She still knows that Bitten's microchip is her only hope, but she wants to do something positive to remove those obstacles that get in the way of that microchip doing its job.

That is why she founded Action on Missing Cats.

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