Sad Story About A Ginger Cat

[~Sarah~]

About 4 weeks ago a family who were travelling down the M1 stopped at services close to where I live, and (I'm not sure why) decided to let their cat out of the car. Needless to say it wouldn't come back and they couldn't find it. They returned a week later with posters and photos of their lovely ginger cat. :wub:

Earlier this week as I was coming up the motorway slip road at night, I saw a ginger cat on the grass verge. The next day a neighbour saw it asleep under a tree near where I had seen it. We went back with a bowl of food and it was there asleep under the tree. :huggles: I didn't look thin so had obviously been finding food.

The owners had said it was very friendly, so I walked toward it with the food, but it walked away into the undergrowth, so I left the food by the tree.

Yesterday morning I found it on the road (near the services) and it had been run over and killed. The food bowl was empty, so I assume it had eaten the food (although it could have been eaten by something else).

I felt so sad that it was not a happy outcome, but at least the owners know what happened to it.

RIP lovely ginger cat. :huggles:

 

[Janimal]

Aw Sarah, that is such a sad sad story....and at least you tried... :huggles: what a star you are, poor puss.

Im sure if Id been the owners, I would have been glad to know exactly where it was (so be it in a sorry state ) much better to know the outcome in my opinion than to never ever know where it had ended up.

Very sad indeed...RIP Poor puss.

 

[kris]

what a stupid thing to do.let a cat out on a motorway service station,might as well give it a razor blade and say cut your own throat. :blink: poor cat

at least you tried to help it.sorry it was a bad outcome but a cat wouldnt stand a chance on a motorway

 

[Trish]

thats such a sad story poor little mite must have been frightened with all that traffic

my daughters fiance told me last night ,while he was coming home from newcastle to leeds he saw a kitten by the road side,i asked him why didnt he stop to get it so it was safe,he said there wasnt anywhere he could have pulled over to help it , think i would have found somewhere,and i do hope someone ese saw it and saved it from the road :luck:

RIP GINGER CAT

 

[AnnSa]

Aww that's awful

What did they have the cat at the services for in the first place

 

[~Sarah~]

Aww that's awful

What did they have the cat at the services for in the first place

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They were travelling on a very long journey, so perhaps thought the cat needed a toilet stop and wrongly assumed it would stay with them I think. I didn't ask why they had let it out as I thought that would make them feel even worse for being so stupid in the first place. :- "

 

[Janimal]

Aww that's awful

What did they have the cat at the services for in the first place

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They were travelling on a very long journey, so perhaps thought the cat needed a toilet stop and wrongly assumed it would stay with them I think. I didn't ask why they had let it out as I thought that would make them feel even worse for being so stupid in the first place. :- "

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They probably feel really bad enough about it... especially after the outcome...one they wont forget now.

 

[~Sarah~]

In hindsight (which is a wonderful thing) they should have sorted out a trap cage to try to catch it. I imagine as time went by it became a bit wild as it was having to fend for itself.

 

[kilmousk]

It took a week to go back. I dont think i should comment further!

 

[~Sarah~]

It took a week to go back. I dont think i should comment further!

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I don't know the full details so that information might be incorrect. I do know they live a few hours journey away from here and also have a young baby (this is information from my neighbour who met them when they returned to try to find their cat and to hand out posters).

I posted this as I felt so sad about the poor cat, but I didn't wish to be judgemental as I don't know the owners or the full facts about what happened.

 

[Bedlam]

I wouldnt let a dog out, never mind a cat.

common sense isnt so common is it

 

[Bluebell]

Some cats are just no good with traffic, we lost 2 beautiful black Tom cats on the roads.

Poor ginger cat, Im sure puss enjoyed his last meal

 

[Barbj]

It's strange to see this thread just now, because a couple of weeks ago I saw a dead cat in the middle of the road. I was in a hurry and only thought "Oh the poor thing. Someone will miss him." On my way back, the body was still there and I couldn't stand to see it ignored. Seeing squirrels, raccoons, and other wildlife on tthe road makes me sad, but this really got to me. I could see, though, that other cars had avoided hitting it again. I pulled over and went to the body to move it. Just as I neared it, a passing car ran right over it. I couldn't believe it. Luckily the poor thing had been there so long the body was in rigor so the car only took a little fur off the flank. I picked it up, a beautiful big grey, and put it in the grass away from the road so its owners might find it. I gave it a little pet and said goodbye. So sad.

Many years ago, I also stopped to move a turtle that had been spun upside down by a car and I put it on the side of the road closest to the nearby lake, hoping that was the way it was headed.

But the most unusual situation I ever stopped for was a baby skunk who had decided to lick out the inside of a jam jar, and had got its head stuck! I was ready to throw an old blanket over it to try to help it, but another passerby got there first so I was able to continue on my way knowing that it was looked after.

 

[J.T.]

Poor cat, he must have been so scared there. A few week ago someone phoned me at work to report a missing cat. As I was taking details it turned out that these people had decided that their cat may like a change of scenery so had bunged him in the car & driven off to a busy park about 5 miles away from home & let him out :rant: They had a cat harness for him but had never even put it onhim before & were trying to do this when he panicked.

Needless to say the poor cat legged it off under a bush & wouldn't come out. That was the last they saw of him

The park is right near several busy roads so it doesn't look hopeful for the poor boy.

Some people eh :angry: :angry: