A Perth woman has been left distraught after discovering her missing family cat was adopted out by the Cat Haven — and there’s nothing she can do to get it back.

Bilan Ozman’s four-year-old cat Jannie went missing from Marangaroo in October and despite a frantic search, could not be found.

She said it wasn’t until she saw him advertised for adoption on the Cat Haven Facebook page on Saturday that she realised he had been found — and then adopted by a new family.

Miss Ozman is now asking the Cat Haven to help reunite her with her cat.

But chief executive Roz Robinson said that under WA laws, cats found without identification that were not claimed within three days could be rehomed.

Miss Ozman said she had spent weeks scrolling lost pets Facebook groups, calling rangers and councils, and door knocking her neighbourhood trying to find Jannie.

She said she then saw Jannie or Chickpea as he was renamed, on the Cat Haven Facebook page.

Camera Icon Jannie, the formerly missing cat that has now been re-homed elsewhere.

“I called this morning and my mum went into the shelter to speak with the manager, but they said he had been adopted and there was nothing they could do,” she said.

“I got him during a hard time in my life and he’s helped me get through so much. He’s not just a pet but a family member. It’s been so hard not knowing where he was or what had happened to him”

Miss Ozman is hoping the new owners of Jannie will come forward.

“The Cat Haven were not willing to help. I just want to try and speak with the new owner and work something out,” she said.

Ms Robinson said she had seen missing cats be adopted out numerous times due to no identification.

She said there was nothing she could do now that Jannie had been adopted.

Camera Icon Cat Haven’s Facebook post. Credit: Facebook.

“We take 9000 cats in a year at the shelter and we cannot hold cats for long periods of time,” she said

“We held the cat for six weeks and no one claimed him so we was put up for adoption, which we are allowed to do by law.

“It comes down to people complying with the law and getting their cats sterilised and microchipped so that if they do go missing they can be returned.”