Do you have photos of the cats? If so, you might take them to whatever the
local police districts are called and talk personally to the officers and
sgts who patrol the area. Sometimes a personal appeal does more than a
written report they may or may not see depending on how busy they are etc.
If they will let you post the information, please do so. A lot of police
really like animals and will go out of their way to help.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of
compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with
their fellow man.
St.
Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: "kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: Stolen car (non)update
At 06:32 PM 10/16/2006, you wrote:
oh guys, my heart is so heavy and I think that my stinging eyes might just
make me too tired to actually sleep tonight. I have read all of your posts
and printed them to go over tonight and make sure that I follow all advice.
I'll put below what I sent to news stations and newspapers, please send
revisions to make it better. Do you think that I can resend it to them
tomorrow? I'll also call tomorrow those that I sent to today and send to
more that I think of. Of course as soon as it was sent I thought of ways
to make it better, but I just wanted to get something off quickly.
I'm so exhausted, and I've had to deal with regular stuff too like a
replacement driver's license (trust me, the DMV is NOT where you want to be
in this deflated mood - you actually feel like you belong there) and phone
and rental car and prescriptions. Too bad they had to retake my photo at
the DMV and now I'll have to remember this day.
If the cats weren't involved I'd just be angry. As I walked out to catch
him taking the car, as I touched the car, as I know that he heard my voice,
that they heard my voice, my feelings of what if, what if, are so
overwhelming. But as he took it. As he took them. As he drove away with
the beings that I swore to protect, that I promised them I would protect,
as he took them farther, is still taking them farther as minutes go into
minutes, my despair, my hyperventilation is just going and going. I don't
blame myself, it is so absurd. How could I have known? I couldn't have,
so I don't blame myself. But I don't know how I'll be able to sleep
tonight knowing that they are out there. That it is raining and I don't
know where they are.
Oh, I keep forgetting to mention, I am in Portland, OR. They were taken
from Vancouver, WA, I live in Portland.
I don't want to take an Ambien tonight, because what if the police call,
but I know that I won't sleep. As I don't have a computer at home there is
nothing that I can do, but wait to get back to work and do more.
I lay my head on all of your shoulders tonight and ask that you send your
furbabies spirits to be with Satch and Beatrix. And maybe one or two to
sleep next to me tonight.
Hideyo, I hear you. I will find them. I will get them back. And they
will be okay. I feel the thread. I feel it going to them and protecting
them. I feel you all.
I don't know anyone could do this with a child in the car. It would be
even more unbearable.
Anyway, on to class, no more to do tonight.
Leslie
-----------------------
Hello,
My name is Leslie Nies and my car was stolen this morning at 6:30 am . I
was loading up my car getting ready to drive home from a weekend at my
boyfriends (he lives in Vancouver, I live in Portland) - which included
overnight bag, book bag, and my two pet cats, Satchmo and Beatrix. I went
inside to say goodbye and when I came back out, someone was backing my car
out the driveway. The doors were unlocked, but the keys were in my pocket,
so they must have hotwired it. I ran toward them yelling "hey" and "get
out" and started banging on the windshield as they put it in drive. But
they kept accelerating.
My boyfriend was already on the phone with the police when I got back
inside. Yes, they stole my car, but they also stole my cats! I can only
believe that they didn't see them. It's been suggested to me by a couple
of people that you might be interested in doing a story on it, and as far
as I'm concerned, anything that might help me get them back is worth it.
I've attached a picture of each of them, there are more on my phone, but
that was in the car also.
They are just the best cats and I am going out of my mind worrying about
finding them now. They are both leukemia positive, which means that they
have compromised immune systems (and why they are indoor only) and though
they are currently healthy and rambunctious are on a preventive vitamin.
I don't care about the car or the stuff in it, I just want my cats back.
Both are microchipped, but neither have collars as they are indoor only
cats. Let me tell you a little about them.
Satchmo is a 6-yr old brown tabby cat. I rescued him from the Cat Adoption
Team in Sherwood two years ago. I started out fostering him, but ended up
adotping him. When he came to me, he had a very severe kitty cold that he
needed to be nursed through and immediately following that he developed
corneal ulcers! After lots of love and care, he really blossomed into his
personality and has a beautiful shiny coat now. Satch and I have been
through a lot together and I can't stand not having been able to protect
him from this. He is the kind of cat that would go up and greet a pit
bull. He is 13 lbs of muscle and all heart. He knows his name and he is a
big talker! And a big eater!
I just decided to adopt Satchmo a buddy not too long ago - he is so lively
that I felt he would benefit from a friend. Leukemia positive cats can be
around other leukemia positive cats, so when I was at the Humane Society
volunteering one Sunday and saw a leukemia positive kitten, I jumped at the
chance. I brought home a kitten that I named Azrael, but she was very
sick and didn't make it. She and Satch never got to meet. Her sibling,
however, also leukemia positive, was getting over a cold in foster care and
when she became available for adoption, I decided to go for it, though I
was very scared to repeat my experience with Azrael. Beatrix was just
adopted from the Humane Society on Columbia Blvd a month ago. She is
approximately four months old and six pounds. She is a sweet medium-hair
tortoiseshell. She acts as though she owns everything and was taking on a
great, outgoing playful personality. I am so worried about what this
experience might do to her. She shows none of the frailty that Azrael did.
Satch was rescued from the streets, but I just hope that Bea can stick
close to him. Even though they were introduced a couple of weeks ago, they
already have a strong bond. Unlike many cat meetings, there were no
hisses, no puffed tails, they basically ran at each other and started
rolling around playing from the moment they set eyes on each other and it
hasn't stopped.
They both love my boyfriend's old black lab, Stetson.
I don't know if the car thief would have kept them in the car, or thown
them out, and as they haven't found the car, I have no idea what
neighborhood they could be in.
Please let me know if you'd like more information or can help me in anyway.
I am 28, I work full time for Full Sail Brewing and am also going back to
school as a post-bacc getting my science requirements for vet school.
Thank you,
Leslie Nies
360.713.2032
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