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Rest In Peace

This is not a great photo but the cat in it deserves to have her story told.  I will warn you that the story is graphic.

During my one and a half mile walks around the Florida lake where I was dog walking twice a day,  I often saw this cat lying at the base of this tree or in her yard across the street.  She was friendly and let me approach her then pet her, all the while accompanied with a very feisty, young Boston terrier.   I though that she was amazing to have such trust in a stranger with a jumping dog. 

One day on our way by, I saw her sitting on her porch.  In an instant two pit bulls came into her yard.  One grabbed her and shook her a few times.  He threw her down and the other grabbed her and shook her so violently that I thought I would be sick.  A man who had been circling the lake in the opposite direction was there too and tried to shoo the dogs away.  They were oblivious to him.  Others came by and one called 911 but was told that you must call Animal Control without giving us the number.

When the dogs left I knocked on the door of the house where this occurred and at the house next door but got no response.  I walked the rest of the way around the lake, got my car, drove home and called animal control.  I met the officer and took him there but he did nothing but accept my report. 

I returned to both houses several times that day and finally got someone from next door.  They told me the saddest story of all.  Three weeks previously the renters of the house next door had moved and abandoned the cat.  The neighbour was feeding it but couldn't house it.  My aunt who lives just a few blocks away feeds feral cats and had we known this lovely cat had no home, would have rescued her.

It was a very horrific way to die for this kitty but it was so very much a tragedy how she was treated in a so-called civilized society. To me it is a shameful decision to abandon an animal.

Rest in Peace, Tabby Tail (and Ears) Kitty

Click to Play:
Die Alone - Ingrid Michaelson
The Devil Never Sleeps - Iron and Wine

We've never walked past such things on A Island Walk but animals are habitually abandoned in this island paradise too.  Shame. shame!


Rest In Peace

This is not a great photo but the cat in it deserves to have her story told.  I will warn you that the story is graphic.

During my one and a half mile walks around the Florida lake where I was dog walking twice a day,  I often saw this cat lying at the base of this tree or in her yard across the street.  She was friendly and let me approach her then pet her, all the while accompanied with a very feisty, young Boston terrier.   I though that she was amazing to have such trust in a stranger with a jumping dog. 

One day on our way by, I saw her sitting on her porch.  In an instant two pit bulls came into her yard.  One grabbed her and shook her a few times.  He threw her down and the other grabbed her and shook her so violently that I thought I would be sick.  A man who had been circling the lake in the opposite direction was there too and tried to shoo the dogs away.  They were oblivious to him.  Others came by and one called 911 but was told that you must call Animal Control without giving us the number.

When the dogs left I knocked on the door of the house where this occurred and at the house next door but got no response.  I walked the rest of the way around the lake, got my car, drove home and called animal control.  I met the officer and took him there but he did nothing but accept my report. 

I returned to both houses several times that day and finally got someone from next door.  They told me the saddest story of all.  Three weeks previously the renters of the house next door had moved and abandoned the cat.  The neighbour was feeding it but couldn't house it.  My aunt who lives just a few blocks away feeds feral cats and had we known this lovely cat had no home, would have rescued her.

It was a very horrific way to die for this kitty but it was so very much a tragedy how she was treated in a so-called civilized society. To me it is a shameful decision to abandon an animal.

Rest in Peace, Tabby Tail (and Ears) Kitty

Click to Play:
Die Alone - Ingrid Michaelson
The Devil Never Sleeps - Iron and Wine

We've never walked past such things on A Island Walk but animals are habitually abandoned in this island paradise too.  Shame. shame!


comments (11)

I love cats, thank you, ciao Poldina
Mary MacADNski: Cats are the best animals on earth!
I can't agree more. Happy New Year
Mary MacADNski: Thanks for reading all the way through. I appreciate it as it was long. Happy New Year to you too.
I totally agree Mary. What a sad story!
Animals are not toys...
Mary MacADNski: Thanks for reading it all, Richard.
Oh Mary that is so sad. Our third cat Piglet was abandoned. His owners moved not all that far away and he kept coming back to the road where he used to live. Instead of keeping him in until he settled they just came down, took his collar off and left him to it. He kept coming into our house for food, so in the end I went to one of the houses in the next road to find out about him. They told me what had happened. Piglet followed me round there and sat on the drive watching proceedings. When I knew he was abandoned I turned to him and said well looks like you are coming to live with us...he promptly turned round and trotted back to our house..and has been here ever since. He is a lovely cat and we all adore him.
You are so right that it is shameful to abandon an animal.
Mary MacADNski: Bless you for rescuing him. He probably loves you very much because animals know these things. I rescued a dog one time and I wanted her to be the 'kid's dog' but she was always 'my dog'. I believe it is because I rescued her.
  • Ray
  • Thailand
  • 3 Jan 2009, 15:58
Very graphic, sad story, Mary.

Actually, I think your image is excellent.
Mary MacADNski: Thanks, Ray. It was there most days like this till it's unfortunate end.
  • Alan Rolfe
  • Back home in Southampton - sob!
  • 3 Jan 2009, 17:31
Oh Mary.. you have made me so sad sad I could cheerfully do serious harm to anyone who mis-treats any animals but cats especially.
Mary MacADNski: What is so sad is that my aunt would have taken it in.
A sad story indeed ! and a nice tribute for this cat too !
Mary MacADNski: Thanks, Zebigleb.
A sad story indeed Mary
Mary MacADNski: It is sad, Chris. People can be so unthinking.
This story makes difficult reading, Mary. It seems to me that there are issues about the abandonment of animals and also the absence of control or supervision of others. Who was it who said we can measure the degree of civilisation of a society by how it treats it's animals? However, there are acts of kindness to be witnessed as well as those of neglect or cruelty I can draw some consolation from them. Mike
Mary MacADNski: My aunt and uncle told me that they do not sell pets to winter residents. You have to show proof. Supposedly it is very common to abandon pets there after the winter when they leave to go back to other parts of the world.
  • Zeus
  • Sub-tropical London
  • 7 Jan 2009, 11:45
I love cats Mary. A sad story. A great photo, that does her justice. She's in a better place now. H.
Mary MacADNski: Thanks, Zeus. It is indeed a sad story.
Very very sad story Mary i'm lost for words sad
Mary MacADNski: It was so horrifying. Many, many years ago a white german shepherd dog grabbed my cat and I screamed, hollered, kicked till he ran away.

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