Angela Furnival with her cat Mog. (Angela Furnival via SWNS)
By Adam Dutton and Matthew O'Hara
A beloved pet cat has been reunited with his owner 12 years after going missing—after being found just 800 yards from his home where he had been "living off scraps outdoors" for more than a decade.
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Angela Furnival's cat Mog. (Angela Furnival via SWNS)
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(Angela Furnival via SWNS)
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