When Ozzy roamed the leafy west London street he called home, the pedigree cat drew admiring glances. Soon the handsome Maine Coon with a charming disposition had his head turned and began spending his days with a woman who was not his owner. One day he returned home with a collar his real owners did not recognise, giving himself away and unwittingly triggering a “nightmare” row between neighbours and a £20,000 court case. Jackie Hall and her husband, John, both 56, replaced it with their own personalised collar, but say they were puzzled when they found Ozzy wearing a new one several times in the autumn of 2018. Eventually they resorted to a GPS collar and tracked their pet — a birthday present for their daughter —…

Source: The Times January 16, 2020 17:14 UTC