Animal welfare officers have ‘no idea’ how the cat, whose real name is Dexter, ended up on offshore rig
A cat that was missing for five years has been reunited with its owner after being found on an offshore oil rig.
Workers at the oil rig contacted the Scottish SPCA on Thursday after they found the animal in a shipping container originally from Peterhead. On Friday, staff from the Scottish animal welfare charity collected the microchipped cat, after they were flown back to the mainland by helicopter.Commenting on the rescue, SPCA animal rescue officer Aimee Findlay said she had “no idea how the cat ended up” in the container – but it had been nicknamed One-eyed Joe by the prison officers who have been feeding him for five years.
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