Meg – the deaf, local cat with a purr like a motorbike – has been found safe and noisy and is now back in her Brandon Terrace home.
It turns out that she had been depending on the kindness of strangers in Learmonth Terrace before transferring to the Cats Protection League in Leith. A worker there recognised Meg from her photograph, posted on lampposts the length and breadth of north-central Edinburgh.
Despite losing 10 percent of her bodyweight, and being a bit wobbly due to lack of medication, 'her Harley-Davidson purr still works'.
Meg's owners – who had almost given up hope of finding her alive – describe themselves as very lucky to have her back.
'It is very touching that people care so much, and that so many people in the area have been looking for her ... thankyou so much for your help'.