A deaf cat is missing after hitching a ride four miles from home in a delivery van.
Dobby lives in The Meadows, Nottingham, but on 20 May he hopped inside a driver's vehicle as a stowaway and rode to the Carlton area of the city.
The white tom cat has a tracker tag in his collar but the trail went cold after he slipped out of it in a garden.
Rescue charity Beauty's Legacy is working to track down Dobby. Senior animal welfare officer Lisa Dean said: "The fact that he's completely deaf, makes him exceptionally vulnerable."
Beauty's Legacy is planning to install cameras and food stations in the area where he was last seen.
Dean added that there had been potential sightings of a white cat not seen locally.
She said: "Anyone that lives in the Carlton area, just be vigilant if they see a pure white cat that they've not seen before.
"He's very distinctive - he's got bright blue eyes, a very pink nose.
He's very inquisitive and very friendly, but obviously, he's now displaced in an area he has no idea where he is, so he's going to be skittish.
"Put some food down, put some water out to attract him, and if you see him, call us and one of us can get over there."
How do bird shooters have the audacity to call what they do "sport"? Blasting defenceless animals out of the sky will never be a "sport" and it will never be ok.
I’m running for Parliament in the Makerfield by-election next month dressed as a fox!
I’m not asking for votes, I’m doing it to raise awareness to end hunting with hounds for good.
It’s been a hot day!
The DA needs to let Lucy come home. She's done more time than many accused murderers. This is already grossly disproportionate to whatever happened last month - an event over in seconds, that hurt nobody, and occurred entirely in my own yard.
My own damn yard.
She wants this to blow over, but I will not let it. I. WILL. NOT. LET. IT. Not until Lucy is home and the charges are dropped.
She no doubt feels like the victim here. I'm sure she doesn't like the bad PR. But there's one victim here: Lucy. The DA can make all of this end by making the right decision to exercise prosecutorial discretion and drop the case.
Only a handful of Stasi-like creeps support continued prosecution of this case. It is a 99 to 1 issue.
99 to 1.
#SaveLucy
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I’m sick & tired of seeing people walking their dogs in the intense or leaving them in cars. Temperature will exceed 30 degrees by Monday & dogs will suffer & die because of ignorance & stupidity. Please look after them enduring this heatwave it can be a killer for our precious companions
I can't believe this is happening and they're making this poor dog and his family suffer. A vengeful neighbor reported them and lied that the dog attacked them when it actually didn't but the city decided to act and has locked up the dog and won't let the owners see him. Idiots.
Norway just made a decision that will be remembered for years.
The country has officially ended fur farming nationwide. No more mink or foxes will be bred, kept in cages, and killed for clothing. An industry built on animal suffering is now gone.
This took years. Investigations exposed what life in fur farms looked like. Animals lived in small wire cages. They could not run, dig, or behave naturally. Many showed clear signs of stress. People saw the reality and spoke up.
Public pressure grew. Animal welfare groups kept pushing. More citizens questioned whether fashion could justify that cruelty. Lawmakers responded and passed a ban. Farmers received time to transition and shut down their operations. That process is now complete.
This matters. Thousands of animals will not be born into cages. Fewer lives will be treated like products. Norway chose compassion over tradition and profit.
The impact also reaches beyond Norway. Decisions like this show other countries that change is possible. They push others to look at their own systems and ask if they still make sense.
Consumers are driving this shift too. More people choose alternatives. More brands stop using fur. Demand is changing, and industries are forced to follow.
This is what progress looks like. It builds over time through awareness, pressure, and action. Then one day, what once seemed normal is no longer accepted.
Norway has drawn that line.
Sources:
- Euro Group for Animals: Fur farming ends in Norway as remaining farms close doors
- Dyrevern: Breaking News: Norway bans fur farming