I've just come home from our local animal shelter.
There is a family sitting out on the front porch, making all sorts of phone calls. They were driving down one of our local streets when a cat ran out in front of them. They heard a thump under the car, and the driver saw the cat doing cartwheels in the street. He pulled over and stopped, hoping to find the cat OK, or to get it help if it wasn't. It showed the signs of a broken back--front legs moving, back legs not. He tried to pick up the kitty to move it out of the street, and got bitten. His wife tried, and also got bitten. They called animal control, who came and picked up the cat and brought it to the shelter.
At the shelter, because of the injuries and the bites, they put the cat to sleep. Its brain will be tested for rabies.
If the owner of the cat is found, he will be liable for any medical expenses to the family and may get a citation for letting his cat roam free.
So, you have a traumatized family, a dead cat, an owner in a liability situation, and possibly some pretty serious treatments in store for the family.
Tell me again how it's cruel to keep your cat indoors.
There is a family sitting out on the front porch, making all sorts of phone calls. They were driving down one of our local streets when a cat ran out in front of them. They heard a thump under the car, and the driver saw the cat doing cartwheels in the street. He pulled over and stopped, hoping to find the cat OK, or to get it help if it wasn't. It showed the signs of a broken back--front legs moving, back legs not. He tried to pick up the kitty to move it out of the street, and got bitten. His wife tried, and also got bitten. They called animal control, who came and picked up the cat and brought it to the shelter.
At the shelter, because of the injuries and the bites, they put the cat to sleep. Its brain will be tested for rabies.
If the owner of the cat is found, he will be liable for any medical expenses to the family and may get a citation for letting his cat roam free.
So, you have a traumatized family, a dead cat, an owner in a liability situation, and possibly some pretty serious treatments in store for the family.
Tell me again how it's cruel to keep your cat indoors.