A Sydney homeless man has been reunited with his pet rat.

The rat went missing last week, but police reunited the man with his pet today.

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Great news!

Officers from Sydney City Police Area Command have reunited a homeless man and his pet rat today, after she went missing last week.

Thanks to our followers, Lucy was safely retrieved today and returned to her owner. pic.twitter.com/BPPe7lQZP9

— NSW Police Force (@nswpolice) April 18, 2019