I need a lot of prayers in apprenhending a cat killer in my neighborhood. We know who he is, but he hasn't been caught in the act.
My friend Nancy feeds the feral colony who live around the local hospital and adjacent medical buildings. While some of the doctors have complained, they also admit that the cats keep the rodent population in check. The hospital personnel do not mind the cats' presence. Some of the nurses have been known to feed them also.
The man torturing the cats is named Tim. He has told Nancy that he hates cats, and has left pictures of cats being hanged at various feeding places for her to find. He has also left threatening notes -- always unsigned, of course. Two cats have been found dead at the park adjacent to the hospital -- one skinned, and the other strangled, then put in a plastic bag and thrown in the trash. That cat belonged to my friend Beth and her mom, Louise. They are angry and heartbroken, and are determined to catch Tim in the act.
We are concerned because Tim has threatened Nancy with violence on various occasions, and has put cayenne pepper in the cats' food. He has also followed her around, throwing the cat food in the trash right after she sets it out. She spends hundreds of dollars each month feeding these cats, and has taken several to the vet for medical care. This has been a big financial burden for her, especially since her work hours have been cut. Yet she perseveres, knowing the cats depend on her. She says cats have been disappearing (she says she wouldn't put it past Tim to have poisoned them), and is concerned for their safety more than her own.
Tim is known to the police and the Parks and Recreation Department in my community. I'm friends with several police officers, as well as numerous Parks and Rec personnel, but we have to catch this jerk before anything can be done. Tim also harasses the homeless who congregate in the park. He is an unhappy and unstable man who tells people he owns the park, and is always complaining about something or other to the Parks and Rec personnel. He has been a thorn in the side to both departments for years, but this is a new side of his personality that has emerged. He is now going after animals who have done nothing to him.
The homeless hate him so much that there's been serious talk about a drive-by shooting to get rid of him, but obviously we don't want to get involved in something like that.
I'm asking for prayers that this man be caught and put behind bars for a long time, and that the cats and Nancy are safe until he is.
My friend Nancy feeds the feral colony who live around the local hospital and adjacent medical buildings. While some of the doctors have complained, they also admit that the cats keep the rodent population in check. The hospital personnel do not mind the cats' presence. Some of the nurses have been known to feed them also.
The man torturing the cats is named Tim. He has told Nancy that he hates cats, and has left pictures of cats being hanged at various feeding places for her to find. He has also left threatening notes -- always unsigned, of course. Two cats have been found dead at the park adjacent to the hospital -- one skinned, and the other strangled, then put in a plastic bag and thrown in the trash. That cat belonged to my friend Beth and her mom, Louise. They are angry and heartbroken, and are determined to catch Tim in the act.
We are concerned because Tim has threatened Nancy with violence on various occasions, and has put cayenne pepper in the cats' food. He has also followed her around, throwing the cat food in the trash right after she sets it out. She spends hundreds of dollars each month feeding these cats, and has taken several to the vet for medical care. This has been a big financial burden for her, especially since her work hours have been cut. Yet she perseveres, knowing the cats depend on her. She says cats have been disappearing (she says she wouldn't put it past Tim to have poisoned them), and is concerned for their safety more than her own.
Tim is known to the police and the Parks and Recreation Department in my community. I'm friends with several police officers, as well as numerous Parks and Rec personnel, but we have to catch this jerk before anything can be done. Tim also harasses the homeless who congregate in the park. He is an unhappy and unstable man who tells people he owns the park, and is always complaining about something or other to the Parks and Rec personnel. He has been a thorn in the side to both departments for years, but this is a new side of his personality that has emerged. He is now going after animals who have done nothing to him.
The homeless hate him so much that there's been serious talk about a drive-by shooting to get rid of him, but obviously we don't want to get involved in something like that.
I'm asking for prayers that this man be caught and put behind bars for a long time, and that the cats and Nancy are safe until he is.