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Pet Owners Outraged After Cat Euthanized While They're Away
Wednesday October 17, 2007
CityNews.ca Staff
A Mississauga couple is fuming after their pet cat was put to sleep by
a local animal shelter while they were away on vacation.

Krinkles (pictured) was taken to Mississauga Animal Services last
week, when he was found roaming the streets. But his vacationing
owners came home to find out their favourite feline had died at the
hands of shelter workers.

"He was our family. He slept with us every night, you know what I
mean?" said grieving owner Mark Serra.

When Serra arrived home from his trip, he wasn't greeted by his
beloved cat but rather a letter from Animal Services saying it caught
their cat and euthanized it. And to add insult to injury, they billed
him for their trouble for $132.50.

"For impound fee, boarding fee, surrender fee, service fee, and goods
and services for killing the animal," he angrily notes.

The letter claims that the tabby was picked up October 10th but the
family didn't return home from their vacation until the 14th.

They claim the cat should have never been put to sleep since it had an
I.D. tag and was microchipped.

Animal Services said they called one of the many contact numbers, but
after three days they put Krinkles down because he was acting too
aggressively. "We feel terrible," said spokesperson Janet Michaud. "We
know that this was someone's pet. Unfortunately the cat didn't adapt
to being here. We weren't able to find him a new home."

Animal Services has agreed to waive the bill, but Serra says it's not
good enough for a family now mourning their cat.

"Those people as far as I'm concerned have no heart," he concludes.