Southampton cat travels 250 miles under the bonnet of a lorry

A cat from Southampton has hitched a 250 mile ride under the bonnet of a lorry to Liscard, Merseyside

Published 2nd Dec 2022

The RSPCA is now urging his owner to get in touch.

The black and white kitten, nicknamed Yorkie, was found covered in oil and very frightened in the engine compartment of an Asda truck.

The RSPCA said: "We can't imagine how frightened he must have been travelling down the M6 at 60mph next to a big noisy engine.

"Poor Little Yorkie has had quite a journey and we are really keen to find his owners.

"We see lots of cats who have decided it's warmer under a car bonnet than out in the cold but sadly they can then become stuck."

Yorkie has been scanned to see if he was micro-chipped but no chip was found.

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