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Cat euthanized while owners are away...
Watch the video.
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_15847.aspx 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. |
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Cat euthanized while owners are away...
Question, who was responsible for the cat while they were on vacation?
Feeding, watering etc. Couldn't get to the article. wrote in message ups.com... Watch the video. http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_15847.aspx 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. |
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Cat euthanized while owners are away...
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:05:22 -0500, Granby wrote:
Question, who was responsible for the cat while they were on vacation? Feeding, watering etc. Couldn't get to the article. wrote in message ups.com... [quoted text muted] I was able to read the article, but it did not explain whether the cat had a caretaker. MLB |
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Cat euthanized while owners are away...
wrote in message ... wrote: Watch the video. http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_15847.aspx Pet Owners Outraged After Cat Euthanized While They're Away That is one horrible story!! Can they sue? I sure hope so. This is one situation where a lawsuit would be a reasonable response (and better, if less gratifying, than beating the crap out of those people). But I don't know if they could mount a case, since the shelter probably didn't do anything illegal. I feel so sad for those people. I wonder how the cat got outside while they were away, though? Joyce I think it is outrageous that the cat was euthanized under these circumstances -- but I think it is *even more* outrageous that the "owners" would have left the cat to fend for itself while they were gone. I have indoor cats, and I have a cat sitter who comes in twice a day when I am away from home. This was an outdoor cat, but they still should have had someone check on it at least once a day. What if the cat had been injured and left without any care during that same time? Or had been accidentally trapped somewhere? It seems that no one was checking on this cat's welfare while the family was vacationing. So, I feel sorry for the cat but not for the people involved. MaryL |
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Cat euthanized while owners are away...
Not to defend the shelter at all but, we found a cat last year and it was
chipped. The vet called the three numbers and found out the people had moved three or four times to different states and there was no way of finding them, I know my phone bill showed it as we did a "people search" to find the owner. I hatg going anywhere and leaving my cats for more than a day I can't imagine pulling away without knowing someone was checking on them, well, I wouldn't, especially an OUT cat. Who would you sue, the shelter for following the rules that we all know they have? OR, can you sue people for stupidity? "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... wrote in message ... wrote: Watch the video. http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_15847.aspx Pet Owners Outraged After Cat Euthanized While They're Away That is one horrible story!! Can they sue? I sure hope so. This is one situation where a lawsuit would be a reasonable response (and better, if less gratifying, than beating the crap out of those people). But I don't know if they could mount a case, since the shelter probably didn't do anything illegal. I feel so sad for those people. I wonder how the cat got outside while they were away, though? Joyce I think it is outrageous that the cat was euthanized under these circumstances -- but I think it is *even more* outrageous that the "owners" would have left the cat to fend for itself while they were gone. I have indoor cats, and I have a cat sitter who comes in twice a day when I am away from home. This was an outdoor cat, but they still should have had someone check on it at least once a day. What if the cat had been injured and left without any care during that same time? Or had been accidentally trapped somewhere? It seems that no one was checking on this cat's welfare while the family was vacationing. So, I feel sorry for the cat but not for the people involved. MaryL |
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Cat euthanized while owners are away...
"Granby" wrote in message ... Not to defend the shelter at all but, we found a cat last year and it was chipped. The vet called the three numbers and found out the people had moved three or four times to different states and there was no way of finding them, I know my phone bill showed it as we did a "people search" to find the owner. I hatg going anywhere and leaving my cats for more than a day I can't imagine pulling away without knowing someone was checking on them, well, I wouldn't, especially an OUT cat. Who would you sue, the shelter for following the rules that we all know they have? OR, can you sue people for stupidity? I assume this is really a rhetorical question, but I would not sue either one. I was simply trying to indicate in my response that (1) I think the shelter acted far too quickly to euthanize a cat that had identifying I.D. tags and was microchipped -- they could and should have taken extra time when they could not immediately locate the owners, but (2) I think far *more* of the blame should rest on the shoulders of the people who "owned" that poor cat. It is neglect to leave a cat unattended for four days, and the cat unfortunately paid the price for owners who did not make any arrangements for his care an protection during their absence. In reality, *they* are the ones who killed their own pet -- not directly by using a needle, but indirectly through negligence and lack of care. MaryL |
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Matthew wrote: I would be burning some a@@s Or bringing a class-action suit against the city, if its shelter people are in the habit of euthanizing animals when the owner can be indentified! |
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Cat euthanized while owners are away...
wrote: wrote: Watch the video. http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_15847.aspx Pet Owners Outraged After Cat Euthanized While They're Away That is one horrible story!! Can they sue? I sure hope so. This is one situation where a lawsuit would be a reasonable response (and better, if less gratifying, than beating the crap out of those people). But I don't know if they could mount a case, since the shelter probably didn't do anything illegal. It's not illegal to euathanize an animal without the owner's permission, when the owner's identity is known? That doesn't sound right to me! (And if the cat had an ID tag and was microchipped, they clearly had an obligation to contact SOMEONE, before treating it like a stray!) |
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Dumb question (was: Cat euthanized while owners are away...)
Matthew wrote:
I would be burning some a@@s Trying to figure out which word you mean here. What starts with "a", ends with "s", and has two letters in between, that you don't want to write on a polite newsgroup? Joyce |
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