By Joseph Laws For Mailonline
Published: 18:13 GMT, 23 February 2019 | Updated: 18:13 GMT, 23 February 2019
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A lost cat has finally been reunited with her owner - 10 years after disappearing following a routine trip to the vet.
Feline Tilly, then aged four, was having injections but managed to escape from her basket and vanished.
Her owner, who does not wish to be named, said she had given up any forlorn hopes that the missing moggie would be seen again.
Allerton Cat Rescue volunteer Jean Kevan (above) is pictured with cat Tilly. The feline escaped from her cat box on a visit to Avenue Vets in Saltaire ten years ago, before being reunited with her owner
But she was left gobsmacked after getting a knock at the door from volunteers at Allerton Cat Rescue.
Amazingly the beloved cat had been found in good physical condition and just five minutes walking distance from her owner's address in Shipley near Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Cats like Tilly, above, are checked for chips on admission to Allerton Cat Rescue. As one was found the centre contacted Petlog for the owner's details, which ehlped to reunite the mog with her owner
The long lost pair were brought back together again on Tuesday last week in an emotional reunion.
Allerton Cat Rescue founder Brenda Satterley decided to investigate after being handed the microchipped pet by a member of the public.
She said: "We tried ringing the former
