The Pet Detectives

Seven months ago, Sue Machen lost her beloved cat Oliver. His picture went up everywhere for miles around but no one has seen him. That's when Sue sent for the Pet Detectives. She's paid 1000 pounds so far for a crack team from Animal Search UK to co-ordinate Britain's biggest and most expensive missing moggy hunt. It's even gone global, with pictures of Oliver on the organization's website as well as ads in the local newspapers. They've even brought a physic in, Sarita Gupta, to help out.

The tiny rural village in Lincolnshire has a population of 392 and after much ado, the pet detectives are concentrating on Oliver's disappearance date - one Saturday last October. Sue has already clocked up 1000 pounds at 15 pounds an hour plus VAT and expenses but says she's prepared to blow all her savings if necessary to bring Oliver home.

Sue, a 56 year old nurse took on the 5 year old cat after a relative of one of her patients said they could no longer care for him. Apparently the psychic comes highly recommended. The pet detectives did a search in Birmingham recently and she said the cat would be found where children play. Sure enough, they eventually found the cat trapped inside a childs playhouse. Now on this current case, she's had a vision of Oliver in a house where the man is away a lot, possibly on RAF duty so the team are visiting RAF bases to see if any new cats have turned up lately.

So far, Oliver is still missing but the devotion this woman has for her pet is amazing. What is it with women and cats, they seem to go together.