Lost cat returned home after nine years

Reuters Photo: Dixie, a 15-year-old cat, is reunited with her owner Gilly Delaney after going missing nine...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A British couple have been reunited with their missing cat after nine years, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) said on Wednesday.

Dixie, a 15-year-old ginger cat, disappeared in 1999 and her owners thought she had been killed by a car.

She was found less than half a mile from her home in Birmingham after a concerned resident rang the animal charity to report a thin and disheveled cat who had been in the area for a couple of months.

RSPCA Animal Collection Officer Alan Pittaway checked her microchip and confirmed it was Dixie. She was returned to her owners, Alan and Gilly Delaney, within half an hour.

"In 29 years of working for the RSPCA I have never seen anyone so excited and happy as Mrs Delaney," Pittaway said. "It made my day to return Dixie to her owners."

The couple were "overjoyed" to be reunited with their missing cat after so many years.

"Dixie's personality, behavior and little mannerisms have not changed at all," said Gilly Delaney. "We don't think she has stopped purring since she came back through the door."

The RSPCA hope the story will encourage owners to have their pets microchipped.

(Reporting by Anna Legge; Editing by Steve Addison and Paul Casciato)

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The Saddest Male Models In The World

By Michelle Collins

Let’s face it: There are plenty of sad models out there. Between the not eating, and the constant drug taking, and the long hours, and the walking, there’s a LOT to be depressed about. But I do believe I have discovered perhaps the saddest male models in the world, featured at this week’s clothing extravaganza known as “Fashion Week.” Case in point:

Yes, fellas, 2009 is all about the male tutu. And as you can see, this guy is over the moon about it. No word if he’ll be wearing his testicles on a necklace or what.

These looks are all brought to you by fashion designer Thom Browne, who sees next spring as a wonderful tennis playground, where men frolic with their waistbands pulled up real high:

And also belted down real low:

Also hot for Spring 09? Nazi schoolchildren!

I can’t even see this guy’s face, and I just know he is miserable:

In fact, it seems all these gentlemen are downright die-pressed…

Everyone, that is, except for this guy:

“Loving Life! xoxo — Guy in the Middle”

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