Hitchhiking deaf cat found and returned home

More than two weeks ago, Dobby the cat hitched a ride with a delivery driver...but didn't tell his family.

The white tomcat, who is deaf, rode as a stowaway and was found four miles away from his home in Nottingham.

After slipping out of his tracking collar, an animal charity installed cameras and food stations to try and find him.

Thankfully their plan worked, and he is now safe and back with his family.

Dobby isn't the only animal to go on epic travels. Read on to discover more adventurous animals.

Three baby rabbits made it off land in Scotland and into the sea.

The stowaways are thought to have hopped into a container in Dundee, which was then shipped to a drilling rig in the North Sea.

Two bunnies were brought ashore before another one was found. They were handed into the care of an Aberdeenshire animal charity New Arc, who said they were very hungry.

A family of pigeons hitched a ride in a postal van for more than three weeks earlier this year.

Their tour of north Somerset came to an end after the mum was spotted climbing underneath the van.

Thankfully the two babies - known as squabs - were healthy, and all three were safely rescued.

In 2023, Christmas magic was brought to a family in Warwickshire.

Their cat Toby disappeared in 2012, and they thought they'd never see him again.

But after 11 years, a woman found Toby and took him to a cat charity. Thanks to his microchip, they relocated his family, and they were reunited.

Beans the cat made it 300 miles away from his home, leaving Scotland and making it all the way to Coventry in England.

Beans is a mysterious being - his owners aren't sure how or why he travelled all the way to the Midlands.

But thankfully the cheeky cat is back home where he belongs.