Wanderlust kitty comes home - 15 years later

A German cat has been returned to its owner after going missing 15 years ago.

The ginger tom, called Poldi – who was reported missing in 1996 - was found by Kilian Schoettel in woods 19 miles away from Munich and he was identified by a tattoo on his ear.

Kilian's father Bernhard Schoettel told the Muenchener Abendzeitung: "My son immediately noticed that the animal was quite old. He felt sorry for it because it no longer had any front teeth.

"The tom was very trusting. We fed him for a few days and discovered that he was tattooed, so we took him to the animal sanctuary over the weekend."

The animal sanctuary eventually reunited Poldi with his original owner thanks to the details on their database.