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I hope they never dig up my yard!

post #1 of 10
12/19/09 at 5:29am
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I was late for work yesterday and came across a young woman who appeared to be developmentally delayed, crying over a dead cat in the street.

I keep small totes in my car because when I see a cat on the road, I will pick it up and bring it home for a decent burial. So far, I think there are seven or eight. (That's why I hope they never dig up my yard!)

In any case the young woman was upset because the "cat had kittens." I though "Oh Lord we've got to find them." Then I realized this cat was a boy!

I calmed the woman down and got a tote and put the cat in my car. When I turned around, she was walking down the street. It wasn't even her cat!

I was very happy it was so cold outside because my car would not have been very pleasant when I got done work. I was able to bring the poor thing home.
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post #2 of 10
12/19/09 at 10:43am
Awww bless you, that is a lovely thing to do, not many people would. x
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post #3 of 10
12/19/09 at 11:53am
God bless you for your kind nature. I do the same thing. I started with dead birds when I was a child and ended up like you.

I was remarried almost 4 years ago. Wheneve my DH needs to dig a hole for some reason, my mind starts racing to remember if it is safe to dig there!

My cat Spot died last February. She had 3 kittens down the road. But my Beeba is the only one that ever showed up with her at my house. Last summer, I saw a dead young cat down the road. I thought this might have been one of the missing kittens, so I rode my bike down, put it in a plastic bag and buried the cat in our little kitty cemetary near possible mom.

I sure hope there is a place in Heaven for people like us!
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post #4 of 10
12/19/09 at 1:47pm
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I sure hope there is a place in Heaven for people like us!

me too!
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post #5 of 10
12/19/09 at 3:38pm
I have buried 5 dogs, 1 horse, and 4 cats in my back pasture area. I've already told my vets that if anything every happens that they will need to verifiy that the remains are my babies, big and small.
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post #6 of 10
12/19/09 at 4:09pm
That's really sweet.

Play happily over the bridge, unknown kitty.

Well - unknown kitties.

We've given several burials - but we travel with the implements to do it where we are. Of course, we live in a very rural area.
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post #7 of 10
12/20/09 at 7:18am
I think this is very sweet, my concern with this is that if this is a pet that has been hit, the owner will not find it because you've removed it.

Leslie
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post #8 of 10
12/20/09 at 9:02am
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Originally Posted by Jack31 View Post
I think this is very sweet, my concern with this is that if this is a pet that has been hit, the owner will not find it because you've removed it.

Leslie
I was thinking this, too. They will spend years wondering what happened. Better to know kitty has died than to fret what has happened to him.

Perhaps better to put the poor dead kitty in the box and put the box off the side of the road, for his people to find?
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post #9 of 10
12/20/09 at 11:36am
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Unfortunately in this instance, when I buried him, I recognized the cat as one my boss regularly feeds at the parking lot near our office. She has a colony we've TNR'd over the years and I will tell her on Monday.

You're right, though. I usually stop at nearby houses when I find hit kitties and so often am disappointed when no one recognizes them (or admits owning them).

Most of the ones I've found and buried are found near farms, where the attititude is "well, its just another cat."

It's just that I can't stand seeing them lying out so vulnerable.
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post #10 of 10
12/20/09 at 9:35pm
You are a good person!
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