do the police know the kitties are in the car? http://grants.library.wisc.edu/organizations/animals.html http://savingspaldingpets.blogspot.com/ http://www.bestfriends.org/nomorehomelesspets/pdf/walkforanimals.pdf
----- Original Message ----- From: Leslie Lawther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, October 16, 2006 12:23 pm Subject: Re: Need immediate thoughts for Satch and Beatrix To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > *OH LESLIE! HOW AWFUL!!!!!! I'm so sorry you're going through > this!! It > is absolutely unimaginable!! You're poor, poor scared cats!! What > kind of > jerks... oh, don't get me started. Please keep us posted... I'm so > sorry.**Leslie =^..^=* > > > On 10/16/06, Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Please bear with me here in writing this, I didn't know how hard > it would > > be to put into words. > > > > I spend my weekends at my boyfriend's house and take the cats > with me > > (they love him and his dog, and I don't like leaving them). > Monday mornings > > I pack everything up including the cats, go back in to say > goodbye to Ed, > > and then drive the 20 minutes home. > > > > This morning I loaded in my groceries, my school books, the cats, > go back > > in kiss Ed goodbye, grab my breakfast in a tupperware from the > fridge and go > > back outside to find someone in my car backing it out of the > driveway. The > > doors were unlocked, but there was no key inside it, so they must > have> hotwired it. I ran at the car backing up, yelling, "hey" and > "get out" and > > banging on the windshield, I in fact, smashed the tupperware > against it, > > having no other weapons (eggs went everywhere), but they kept > going. I > > yelled that there are cats in there, but they didn't stop. Ed > heard me > > yelling and by the time I got back inside, he was on the phone > with 911. > > > > As indoor cats they don't wear collars, though both are > microchipped.> They ride well in the car as long as they're loose, > so they were loose. I > > don't know which is more likely, them to get thrown out, or to be > kept in. > > Satch is probably talking the thief's ear off because he didn't > get fed > > before we left. I am so scared that they'll have been thrown > out. Satch is > > a big guy, was found on the streets, he can handle what is likely > to present > > itself to him, but the kitten....oh you guys, I'm so scared. > > > > I would have thought they'd be a theft deterrant. > > > > He threw my book bag out the window across from a nearby park, I > have no > > idea why that item of all that he could have (my overnight bag, > grocery> bags, etc), and figure that it's God's way of saying that > even through this > > stress I still have to study. ha. Ironically the 20 lb biology > book was > > probably the most valuable item in the car, not that its street > value would > > amount to much. > > > > Naturally, I've spent the morning searching that area to see if > the cats > > might have been tossed there, too, but haven't found anything. > Satch knows > > his name and comes to it, so I hope that they at least stay > together.> > > Pray that the police call ( I have Ed's cell phone, mine was in > the car, > > but maybe they'll be able to use it's tracking device to locate > it ), and > > pray that they have good news. Picture Satch and Beatrix > oblivious to my > > concerns and sleeping on the back seat, or hanging out on a nice > porch> waiting for me to find them. Pray that they not be > stressed, but get back > > to me after a harmless adventure on their end. please pray that > I see them > > again and that they are unharmed. > > > > Thank you all so much, > > Leslie > > > > > > > > -- > Leslie =^..^= > > To leave the world a better place - whether by a healthy child, a > gardenpatch, or an improved social condition - that is to have > succeeded. That > only one life breathed easier because you lived - that is success. > ---Ralph Waldo Emerson >
