Family worry after beloved cat goes missing from Mosterton

Earl, the four-year-old Selkirk Rex went missing on Wednesday, October 25.

Owner Abbie Windust, 34, lives in the village with her partner Barty, 15-month-old son Oswinn and 10-year-old pug Sid.

She said losing her cat has left her feeling like "a piece of the family is missing"

She said: "It is not like him at all, he often will come and go throughout the day and comes back in annoying everyone at 3.00am by meowing.

"He is not very good at being a cat, he is terrible at hunting, he just usually sits in the conservatory all day sunbathing.

"I worry about how long he would last in the wild."

Earl is grey in colour, with woolly, "almost sheep-like" fur.

Since going missing, some Mosterton residents have reported a possible sighting of Earl on a nearby farm.

Abbie said: “We had a potential sighting near a farm in the village, someone said they saw a cat with a mouse in its mouth in the farm.

“I have been out every day doing rounds of the village to try and find him.

“It is terrible, I don’t know if he has been shut in a garage and I just hope he hasn’t been run over.

“We have been to every field and every farm, we just can’t understand where he would be."

The disappearance of Earl has left the family worried about what may have happened to their beloved pet.

Earl with best friend Sid the pug (Image: Abbie Windust)

Earl and Sid are reluctant best friends according to owner Abbie (Image: Abbie Windust)

Earl has an unlikely friendship with the family's dog Sid, who has been "missing his best friend" since Earl went missing.

Abbie has urged residents of the village and nearby to check any outbuildings in case Earl may have become accidentally trapped in.

Abbie said: “My boy is 15 months old and he is obsessed with him, always trying to poke his nose and my dog and cat are really close, they are like reluctant best friends.

“It is like a piece of our family is missing.

“I would hate for that to happen and for him to starve, the weather has started to turn and it is very wet and cold, it is very worrying.

“Nearly everyone in the village has outbuildings, if people can check their garages or sheds he may have got trapped in there accidentally.

“The support from the community has been heartwarming, everyone has been trying to help, all the local dog walkers are on the lookout for Earl, they have been a great help.”