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Check the house thoroughly – they can sometimes hide very cleverly.

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Put up posters in a circle with your home as the centre.  Ask people to check sheds and garages.  After a while, enlarge the circle.

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Phone all the local vets as they all hold a lost and found register.

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Phone Cory Environmental – they keep a note of cats brought in dead.

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Go out at dusk or dawn to call – that is when they are most likely to be out.

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If you live near a school, put a poster up there – children like to lookout for cats.

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If you live near the railway line, ask at the nearest stations.

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If you have recently moved, put posters up around your old home and ask your previous neighbours to keep an eye out for it.  Cats often get confused when they go out for the first time.

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Never give up looking.