'Help us find Kelpie' – Desperate search after cat escapes broken-down car on M6
An urgent search has begun in north Sandwell and Walsall after a cat escaped a broken-down car on the M6.
Kelpie's family are originally from Tipton but now live elsewhere, and were visiting their family members in the Black Country on Friday when disaster struck.
Their car broke down on the M6 northbound between Junctions 8 and 9 in West Bromwich, near the border with Walsall.
In a bid to move Kelpie into a safer place, her owners tried to carry her from the broken-down car to the hard shoulder.
Sadly, when lifting the cage she was travelling in, the door fell off and the terrified cat sprinted away, diving into the verge on the motorway which leads to the Tame Valley Canal.
The area where she escaped is near Severn Trent's sewage works on Ray Hall Lane, but Kelpie's owners believe she could have travelled towards Red House Park, the Yew Tree Estate, or nearby areas of Sandwell Valley.
Local residents are now rallying around Kelpie's family in a desperate bid to find the beloved cat.
