The nineteen-year-old cat came home on Christmas Eve, and the owner couldn t believe it: it had been lost for six years!

Pet     7:47am, 26 August 2025

Christmas is like our Spring Festival for many European and American countries. Legend has it that on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus would ride a sled driven by a reindeer to distribute gifts everywhere, so many people would quietly make the gift they want most on Christmas Eve, what if it really comes true.

On Christmas Eve this year, the Kenlock family received a gift that surprised the whole family - a cat.

cat? Although it ranks among the top on the list of popular Christmas gift surprises, it is not a surprise gift. That's the story of the cat and the Kenlock family you don't know.

The cat cat with a little messy hair and a slightly thin body was the gift that Kenlock's family received on Christmas Eve.

Animal lovers accidentally encountered this tabby cat on the way home. Because they looked a little sloppy and suspected that it was a stray cat, they took it home to find their owner. Soon, a kind-hearted person found a chip on the cat. It turned out that the cat's name was Tabs and its owner was Kenlock. Through the information on the chip, the kind-hearted man quickly contacted the Kenlock family.

Kenlock, who received the call, couldn't believe his ears. He confirmed it several times before finally confirming that the call was not a prank, but someone really picked up his cat.

Kenlock said that the reason he dared not confirm was that his cat was lost in February 2013. He also moved once, and the cat accidentally got lost while moving. At that time, he tried many methods, posted on social networking sites, so he asked for help from local police... but he couldn't find his cat, which made him blame himself for a long time. After confirming the message, Kenlock immediately drove back the cat Tabs. In short, Tabs is 19 years old this year, and Kenlock has also changed a lot six years later, but when he meets each other, he still recognizes the other person at a glance. Kenlock burst into tears, and he didn't expect the cat to remember him, and he ran into his arms like an old friend who hadn't seen for a long time. After returning home, Kenlock kept holding the cat and was unwilling to let go for a moment.

Kenlock's wife said that her husband really loves Tabs very much. Even though she has been lost for six years, she has never forgotten Tabs. The most-saved photos in the mobile phone album are Tabs. The screensaver and avatar have always been Tabs's previous photos. Just a few days ago, my husband was watching Tabs' photos on his tablet computer. While looking at it, he said: I don't know where Tabs is now... I didn't expect that it really came back.

19 years old, which is already considered an old age for cats. The Kenlock family knows very well that Tabs doesn't have much time left. They decided that no matter what, they would accompany Tabs in the days to make up for all the misfortunes and grievances it encountered in six years.

The cat who had been lost for six years went home on Christmas Eve to reunite with the shoveler. This incident has been widely circulated in the local area and is regarded as a "Christmas miracle"! However, pets are lost in the past few years! Not all lost pets have the good luck of Tabs. After being lost for many years, they can still find their way home with the help of kind-hearted people. More pets will never be found after being lost. Most of them become stray animals, sleeping in the open and unable to eat. If you are lucky, you will be taken home by a kind-hearted person. If you are not lucky, you may not be able to survive. You will starve to death, freeze to death, be poisoned to death by perverts, abused to death... The society really doesn't have much room for stray animals.

As a shoveler, you are responsible for your pet’s most basic behavioral criterion. Those who raise cats must remember to close the doors and windows, and those who raise dogs must carry leashes when going out. These are the most basic things to prevent pets from getting lost. I hope you can remember them in mind!