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Video report by Kerry Swain
Animal charity volunteers on the Isle of Wight are trying to reunite a cat, thought to be from Russia, in time for Christmas.
Ivan - as he's been named - had a microchip that originated in Russia. Now a team of cat-lovers are trying to reveal his identity and reunite him with his family.
Cats Protection's Isle of Wight Adoption Centre has joined forces with volunteers at the charity's Southampton and Gosport branches to investigate.
He was originally handed over to the Southampton Branch by a kind-hearted couple in October. They had been feeding Ivan in their garden in the Netley Abbey area, where he had been sleeping rough for over five months. The couple had let him into their house when the weather turned colder but had to keep him away from their own two cats who were fearful of the unknown cat.