This is the heartwarming moment a little girl was reunited with her lost cat after it had been missing for three years.

Endearing footage shows Claudia overwhelmed with emotion at the surprise at a rescue home.

‘Claudia do you like kitties?’ her mother asks as they wait – the little girl utterly in the dark as to what awaits her. She eagerly replies that she does, particularly black and yellow ones.

The little girl discuss the cat she used to have with her mother before suddenly a woman appears holding a dark brown and white cat. ‘Did it look like this?’ the mum says

The little girl claps her hands to her mouth with a sharp intake of breath as she realises the moggy in front of her is indeed her own darling pet which was lost many moons ago

Fortunately her quick-thinking mother explains this as a calico cat  – known as tortoiseshell-and-white outside North America – and this brings back Claudia’s memory.

‘I had a calico cat once,’ she says wistfully.

And then, right on cue, a woman appears holding a a similar looking cat.

‘Did it look like this?’ the mum says.

Claudia claps her hands to her mouth with a sharp intake of breath as she realises the moggy in front of her is indeed her own darling pet.

She remains speechless with emotion before excitedly reaching out her arms to embrace the large cat, which is believed to be called Cursor.

She remains speechless with emotion before excitedly reaching out her arms to embrace the large cat, which is believed to be called Cursor

Thrilled to bits, Claudia’s buries her face into the feline’s soft white fur. ‘I miss you so much!’ she cries, utterly overwhelmed

Adorably, in typical child fashion, the period of time the cat has been missing for escapes Claudia, with the girl believing it’s been a mere 8 months instead of three years

‘I love you Cursor,’ she cries, continuing to cuddle her old friend unable to tear herself away

Thrilled to bits, Claudia’s buries her face into the feline’s soft white fur.

‘I missed you so much!’ she cries, utterly overwhelmed.

But she doesn’t forget her manners and tells the woman: ‘Thanks for giving my kitty back!’

Adorably, in typical child fashion, the period of time the cat has been missing for escapes Claudia, with the girl believing it’s been a mere eight months instead of three years.

‘I love you Cursor,’ she cries, continuing to cuddle her old friend unable to tear herself away.

The footage is believed to have been filmed in Canada.

source:dailymail.co.uk