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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2004Abandoned Cat
This is so weird. A friend of mine from the shelter was driving down a highway about 50 miles away and saw a cat carrier sitting on the side of the road. She thought, wow, that looks like a nice carrier and we could use it at the shelter. She stopped to get it, and lo and behold, there was a healthy (but hungry) black cat inside. Cat isn't microchipped and has no ID. We think it didn't fall from a vehicle because it was upright and there is no visible marks on the carrier. The road is a turnpike, at least 15 miles from the next rest stop. So weird. Sherry >This is so weird. A friend of mine from the shelter was driving down a highway >about 50 miles away and saw a cat carrier sitting on the side of the road. She [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Sherry Good thing she stopped! Poor little feller. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >>This is so weird. A friend of mine from the shelter was driving down a >highway [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Good thing she stopped! Poor little feller. Purrs for the kitty. Fate seems to bring a lot of abandoned kittys into your life. I guess fate knows what its doing. Suz Macmoosette =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= "People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life." --Faith Resnick |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") > This is so weird. A friend of mine from the shelter was driving down a highway > about 50 miles away and saw a cat carrier sitting on the side of the road. She [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Sherry Wow. That is truly bizarre. Not your typical dump. Poor cat. I sure hope he finds a good home. >nice carrier and we could use it at the >> shelter. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >Wow. That is truly bizarre. Not your typical dump. Poor cat. I sure hope he >finds a good home. It will. It's a really nice cat and we don't have many cats down there right now. BTW, Karen; I was mailing newsletters and had some extras I sent you one, hope you don't mind. Thought I'd better tell you so you'll know where it's from. Sherry >> nice carrier and we could use it at the >>> shelter. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > you don't mind. Thought I'd better tell you so you'll know where it's from. > Sherry Cool! > Cat isn't microchipped and has no ID. We think it didn't fall from a vehicle > because it was upright and there is no visible marks on the carrier. The road > is a turnpike, at least 15 miles from the next rest stop. So weird. Weird indeed. purrs that the poor cat finds a good new home soon.  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Hoping for a onetruehome for the kitty, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > This is so weird. A friend of mine from the shelter was driving down a highway > about 50 miles away and saw a cat carrier sitting on the side of the road. She [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Sherry > This is so weird. A friend of mine from the shelter was driving down > a highway about 50 miles away and saw a cat carrier sitting on the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Sherry Awwww! At least someone thought a person would stop and check it out. I suppose this is the most 'caring' abandonment I've ever heard of. Purrs for the pretty black kitty. Jill > Awwww! At least someone thought a person would stop and check it > out. I suppose this is the most 'caring' abandonment I've ever heard > of. I don't know about that. That cat was completely powerless - at the mercy of whomever came along. At least if he was out of the carrier, he could run away from harm. I mean, I guess being in the box, he wouldn't get hit by a car, which is good. But it must have been horrible for him to be confined like that - and who knows for how long? Unless he had a loud meow, people might have viewed the carrier as roadside junk. If they did this out of caring, why didn't they bring the kitty to a shelter, at least? I wonder if there was some sort of accident involved? Not the carrier falling out of a car or truck, but... well, frankly, I'm having a hard time imagining how someone would "accidentally" leave a cat in a carrier by the side of the road, but I suppose anything is possible. I'm glad he was found and is still in good health. Joyce > I wonder if there was some sort of accident involved? Not the carrier > falling out of a car or truck, but... well, frankly, I'm having a hard time > imagining how someone would "accidentally" leave a cat in a carrier by the > side of the road, but I suppose anything is possible. Just saw this. I'm pulling for the accident theory, crazy as it may seem. The carrier honestly could have landed right-side-up after somehow coming out of the vehicle. Stranger things have happened. And it's just too weird. > I'm glad he was found and is still in good health. Definitely. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >> I wonder if there was some sort of accident involved? Not the carrier >> falling out of a car or truck, but... well, frankly, I'm having a hard time [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Definitely. Update on the black kitty. He got what seems like a really good home, with an older lady. She changed his name, I can't recall what. The shelter was calling him H.E. Bailey. That's the name of the turnpike. Poor cat! Sherry > Update on the black kitty. He got what seems like a really good home, with > an older lady. She changed his name, I can't recall what. The shelter was > calling him H.E. Bailey. That's the name of the turnpike. Poor cat! Sherry Great news! And what a mouthful of a name! I'm not a big fan of name changes, but in this case I think it was the right decision =) Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* "Monique Y. Mudama" <spam@bounceswoosh.org> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Abandoned Cat: >> Update on the black kitty. He got what seems like a really good home, with >> an older lady. She changed his name, I can't recall what. The shelter was >> calling him H.E. Bailey. That's the name of the turnpike. Poor cat! Sherry >Great news! And what a mouthful of a name! I'm not a big fan of name >changes, but in this case I think it was the right decision =) I renamed my current owner when I got him home from the shelter. Soldier would have been a quite good name for another cat, most likely, but it wasn't HIS name, and Felix made that quite plain to me, along with getting across to me what his name IS. :-) Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL >"Monique Y. Mudama" <spam@bounceswoosh.org> had some very interesting >things to say about Re: Abandoned Cat: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >likely, but it wasn't HIS name, and Felix made that quite plain to me, >along with getting across to me what his name IS. :-) Felix is a cute name, and it suits him. Roscoe's new owner changed his name to Oscar. Now that I think about it, Oscar suits him, too. Maybe he told her! Sherry > "Monique Y. Mudama" <spam@bounceswoosh.org> had some very interesting > things to say about Re: Abandoned Cat: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > likely, but it wasn't HIS name, and Felix made that quite plain to me, > along with getting across to me what his name IS. :-) It's funny. Maybe shelters do better with names for adult cats. At the shelter, Mr. Clark was "Buddy Boy", Rhonda was "Murphy", and Ding was "Jake". The kittens in each litter all had names starting with the same letter (hmmmm...lettered litters?). Buddy Boy actually describes his personality rather well, although I don't think he learned the name. > This is so weird. A friend of mine from the shelter was driving down a highway > about 50 miles away and saw a cat carrier sitting on the side of the road. She [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Sherry Yeah... it sounds as if the irresponsible person who abandoned him at LEAST stopped the car when they ditched him. The poor cat must have been so lonely and frightened, wondering when his owners were going to come back for him! Bast, the Cat Goddess must have prompted your friend to drive by there right then to rescue him. I'm just glad he didn't freeze or starve before he was found. May his next home be a happier one where he is appreciated. Melissa Melissa >Yeah... it sounds as if the irresponsible person who abandoned him at LEAST >stopped the car when they ditched him. The poor cat must have been so lonely >and frightened, wondering when his owners were going to come back for him! >Bast, the Cat Goddess must have prompted your friend to drive by there right >then to rescue him. I'm just glad he didn't freeze or starve before he was >found. May his next home be a happier one where he is appreciated. It's upsetting to think that someone would do that to a poor precious little kitty! It's a good thing it luckily weirdly into a ready-made rescue. > This is so weird. A friend of mine from the shelter was driving down a highway > about 50 miles away and saw a cat carrier sitting on the side of the road. She [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Sherry Oh thank the goddess she found the poor thing, the consequences of that could have been horrible! Hugs, CatNipped > This is so weird. A friend of mine from the shelter was driving > down a highway about 50 miles away and saw a cat carrier sitting [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Sherry How horrible to think someone left it there! I'm glad the kitty was found and I hope it has a second chance at a better life now. SignatureCheryl > This is so weird. A friend of mine from the shelter was driving down > a highway about 50 miles away and saw a cat carrier sitting on the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Sherry I'm so glad she stopped. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. >This is so weird. A friend of mine from the shelter was driving down a highway >about 50 miles away and saw a cat carrier sitting on the side of the road. She [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Sherry Poor baby. I'm so glad your friend found this little one. Purrs for a good home and long, happy life for this lucky little one. Ginger-lyn
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