I sent it to the CNN news tip line.... Bonnie
http://grants.library.wisc.edu/organizations/animals.html http://savingspaldingpets.blogspot.com/ http://www.bestfriends.org/nomorehomelesspets/pdf/walkforanimals.pdf ----- Original Message ----- From: Mi Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, October 16, 2006 11:29 pm Subject: Re: Need immediate thoughts for Satch and Beatrix To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > oh my god... i'm so sorry to hear that... i saw Kelly's email just > now. i'll call those 2 numbers after i finish this email... > > 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 > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and > 30+ countries) for 2ยข/min or less. >
