May the unknown cat rest in peace

Greetings all, it's my sad duty to report that I had to take a stray to
the humane society and have her put to sleep. She was a nice white and
black female tabby, she was a stray that had been roaming around our
company lot for several years. She was the mother to my cat Felix who
was ran over last February 28th.

I had received reports of a cat wandering in the back lot. Apparently,
she had been hit by a falling object or was hit by someone across the
right side if her face. She had a horrible welt just above her right
eye witch was swollen shut and the eye appeared to be punctured. Her
left eye was barely open and had a milky appearance. It was heart
breaking to watch her move her head around trying to get her bearings
with what ever sight she had trying to avoid capture.

We called the local animal control officer who was beyond incompetent.
She had no net, no cage did not have a clue how to use the "cat
grabber" the city bought her, the blanket she used to throw over the
cat was nothing more than a hand towel. I was appalled at her lack of
competence, she certainly did not qualify as a animal control officer
in my opinion.

I was able to get her to bring a box trap about 20 minutes later, but
by then the cat had fallen into a storm drain pit behind our shop and
wandered into a 8 inch drainage pipe to hide from us. Later that
evening she came out and was caught in the box trap, I was extremely
relieved. I brought her food and water and calmly talked to her saying
that she was in no danger and that I was not going to hurt her.

Later on that day I took her to the humane society, she was given an
evaluation and I was told that she was dehydrated and that her injury
was severe and it would be best to put her to sleep. After thinking for
a few minutes I realized that this would be the best course of action.
Even if I took her to the vet it would have cost me several hundred
dollars to help her. Even if she did recover, she would more than
likely be blind and have to live indoors the rest of her life since she
would not be able to protect herself from predators. So I left her
there and told myself "it's for the best".

After I got home I couldn't eat and went to bed early. My cat came in
to sleep with me and saw that I was upset. I told her what had
happened, even though she probably didn't under stand what I was saying
she got extra close and purred. And then finally placed her paw on a
tear that had run down my face.

To the un-named kitty, may you come back to a life better than you
had...


Craig

On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 16:40:19 -0700, n7uqa91 wrote:

Greetings all, it's my sad duty to report that I had to take a stray to
the humane society and have her put to sleep. She was a nice white and
black female tabby, she was a stray that had been roaming around our
company lot for several years. She was the mother to my cat Felix who was
ran over last February 28th.

I had received reports of a cat wandering in the back lot. Apparently, she
had been hit by a falling object or was hit by someone across the right
side if her face. She had a horrible welt just above her right eye witch
was swollen shut and the eye appeared to be punctured. Her left eye was
barely open and had a milky appearance. It was heart breaking to watch her
move her head around trying to get her bearings with what ever sight she
had trying to avoid capture.

We called the local animal control officer who was beyond incompetent. She
had no net, no cage did not have a clue how to use the "cat grabber" the
city bought her, the blanket she used to throw over the cat was nothing
more than a hand towel. I was appalled at her lack of competence, she
certainly did not qualify as a animal control officer in my opinion.

I was able to get her to bring a box trap about 20 minutes later, but by
then the cat had fallen into a storm drain pit behind our shop and
wandered into a 8 inch drainage pipe to hide from us. Later that evening
she came out and was caught in the box trap, I was extremely relieved. I
brought her food and water and calmly talked to her saying that she was in
no danger and that I was not going to hurt her.

Later on that day I took her to the humane society, she was given an
evaluation and I was told that she was dehydrated and that her injury was
severe and it would be best to put her to sleep. After thinking for a few
minutes I realized that this would be the best course of action. Even if I
took her to the vet it would have cost me several hundred dollars to help
her. Even if she did recover, she would more than likely be blind and have
to live indoors the rest of her life since she would not be able to
protect herself from predators. So I left her there and told myself "it's
for the best".

After I got home I couldn't eat and went to bed early. My cat came in to
sleep with me and saw that I was upset. I told her what had happened, even
though she probably didn't under stand what I was saying she got extra
close and purred. And then finally placed her paw on a tear that had run
down my face.

To the un-named kitty, may you come back to a life better than you had...


Craig

Purrs for you and the unnamed kitty as she arrives at the bridge. MLB

Ohhh, that's really, really sad. Stories like that are terrible- your heart
aches when you hear them, and even worse when you are part of them; it's
such a helpless feeling. May we request that she be added to the walk? And
can you also add the two mistreated kitties We rescued? They were dying
already, we did our best and loved as hard as we could, but we got to them
too late. I will always feel sad when I think of them, it's such an awful,
unfair thing.

On $DATE , meee wrote:

Ohhh, that's really, really sad. Stories like that are terrible-
your heart aches when you hear them, and even worse when you are
part of them; it's such a helpless feeling. May we request that
she be added to the walk? And can you also add the two mistreated
kitties We rescued? They were dying already, we did our best and
loved as hard as we could, but we got to them too late. I will
always feel sad when I think of them, it's such an awful, unfair
thing.

Purrrz frum our house as well. We've also seen terrible things
that we were helpless to fix, and we can't help all the cats so we
do the best we can and purrray fur the rest. We know you've done
this too and may Bast bless the poor kitty and yourselves as well.

--
Regards,
Fred.
(Please remove FFFf from my email address to reply, if by email)

thank you for helping her and showing some humans are kind, soft
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Greetings all, it's my sad duty to report that I had to take a stray to
the humane society and have her put to sleep. She was a nice white and
black female tabby, she was a stray that had been roaming around our
company lot for several years. She was the mother to my cat Felix who
was ran over last February 28th.

I had received reports of a cat wandering in the back lot. Apparently,
she had been hit by a falling object or was hit by someone across the
right side if her face. She had a horrible welt just above her right
eye witch was swollen shut and the eye appeared to be punctured. Her
left eye was barely open and had a milky appearance. It was heart
breaking to watch her move her head around trying to get her bearings
with what ever sight she had trying to avoid capture.

We called the local animal control officer who was beyond incompetent.
She had no net, no cage did not have a clue how to use the "cat
grabber" the city bought her, the blanket she used to throw over the
cat was nothing more than a hand towel. I was appalled at her lack of
competence, she certainly did not qualify as a animal control officer
in my opinion.

I was able to get her to bring a box trap about 20 minutes later, but
by then the cat had fallen into a storm drain pit behind our shop and
wandered into a 8 inch drainage pipe to hide from us. Later that
evening she came out and was caught in the box trap, I was extremely
relieved. I brought her food and water and calmly talked to her saying
that she was in no danger and that I was not going to hurt her.

Later on that day I took her to the humane society, she was given an
evaluation and I was told that she was dehydrated and that her injury
was severe and it would be best to put her to sleep. After thinking for
a few minutes I realized that this would be the best course of action.
Even if I took her to the vet it would have cost me several hundred
dollars to help her. Even if she did recover, she would more than
likely be blind and have to live indoors the rest of her life since she
would not be able to protect herself from predators. So I left her
there and told myself "it's for the best".

After I got home I couldn't eat and went to bed early. My cat came in
to sleep with me and saw that I was upset. I told her what had
happened, even though she probably didn't under stand what I was saying
she got extra close and purred. And then finally placed her paw on a
tear that had run down my face.

To the un-named kitty, may you come back to a life better than you
had...


Craig

Mrrrrqueekkk!

Yew did da rite fing. Yowr own kitty told yew so. We purrz fur yew
an da Kitty. Yew will find her waitin for yew at da Rainbow Bridge

G'bye, Ms Kitty.


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The Fur Conspiracy:
Ms. Martha-Mound (VC, TGK), Mr. GrowlTiger (DOC),
Shadow da Pup, and (Furry) Fred
also Mr. TigerSam (PC) and Clarence da Choklit Moose
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