Lost feline Brandy vanished in Senneley’s Park, Selly Oak, in 2006, reports the Birmingham Mail.

Legal battle

However, her reappearance last year when a vet scanned the cat and discovered her true owner sparked a legal battle between Senka Besirevic and the couple – who have not been named – who refused to give her back.
According to the report, the couple claimed that that after feeding that cat for three years and even installing a cat flap in their greenhouse they would look into their ‘legal rights’.

Nine lives

Ms Senka then discovered that cats are not a protected species leaving police helpless to intervene, but instead the cat could be classed as a piece of property.
‘Luckily, I found a solicitor who had been through the same thing and took on my case,’ said Ms Senka. ‘It was a huge battle, I felt like I had lost her for a second time.