A Plea for HELP!!

[Phred]

Originally posted by moosmom

So, you're telling us that Midnight is now staying in a deplorable place where he'll be forced to live outside and NOT be fed???

That's the impression I'm getting. In the beginning of the thread, you stated this old lady was starving BOTH Bowser and Midnight.

So, WHY in HELL was Midnight left behind???

I know he took off. I don't know of ANY cat that voluntarily goes into a cat carrier. But her surely could've been trapped.

Forced to live outside with no food, water or shelter a furrever home??? HARDLY!!

I find the fact that Midnight was left behind VERY upsetting, as I would've been happy to meet up with Phred and take Midnight in as a foster till a REAL furrever home could be found.

And in another, unrelated thread...

Originally posted by moosmom

Carla,

They look wonderful!!!
So glad they got a furrrever home,

unlike ANOTHER cat who was left behind.

Great job!! Give them kisses and headbumpies from me.
Donna

Which generated this question...

Originally posted...

Which other cat? Or just in general.
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I've tried to start this "reply" a dozen times with different
"slants" - here goes the LAST attempt at a civil reply...

I do NOT like having to defend myself and/or others from coments made by an individual, who might have meant well or was comvinced there has been a glaring oversight or an apparent cruelelty comitted;
but who in actuality has NO CLUE WHATSOEVER of even SOME of the facts surrounding the Kat known as Midnight.

EVERY ONE of the individuals Directly Involved with the Rescues of Bowser and Midnight spent a LOT of Time discussing the pros and cons of at least 4 or 5 possible solutions for Midnight, da Kat!!
Those Directly Involved in the Rescue included:
. Zippy (Grandaughter of GranPaw)
. Zippy's MOM (daughter of GranPaw)
. Zippy's Cousin (another Grandaughter of GranPaw)
. Dawg Ketcher Butch
. Back-Up Rescue/Foster Laurie
. and ME (Phred)

I'm sorry we didn't have time to call a formal Pet Talk Family Meeting
to debate all the Facts, pros & cons, opinions and desires...
But Bowser was on a SHORT string.

Midnight , da Kat, has been on a "short string" for her entire life!

Since KittenHood, da Kat has had an "Attitude" towards 2-Leggers!
Family, friends, and visitors to GranPaw's Place were warned >>>
Don't mess wiff da Kat! She Don't LIKE Humans!
She's *QUITE* Able to Fend for Herself - she's done that for
all of her adult life! She's probably more "wild" than a Feral cat!

It was agreed to by ALL the Rescue Team that the BEST resolution
for da KAT was for her to STAY WHERE SHE WAS ~
as Long As she was NOT going to be "eliminated" by the
current tenant in the house!

And since NO ONE had been able to contact said tenant -
we had no knowledge that SHE wanted to or was willing to Keep da Kat.

OK - enuff of this.
I said a lot more than I planned to.

This WAS a Very Happie Thread...
we were following the Tails of Bowser...

This "discussion" of da Kat has thrown a wet blanket on the Bowser Tails.

Let's agree to continue with Bowser's Tails ...
or I'm outta here!
If necessary, I can continue with Bowser's Quest for his
FurrEver Home with Zippy via e-mail and phone.

Sorry to ALL if this seems harsh, rude, unfriendly, nasty,
or whatever anyone cares to call MY Attitude...
But I'm hurt, offended, and upset that some would think that
I (and ALL the others involved) would have anything but
the BEST Possible Outcome for da Kat in our plans.
We DID have a PLAN - and Midnight's "future" is probably a
Lot Better NOW than it's been for the last several years!

/s/ Phred
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12:30 AM *EDIT* ~

Please NOTE that what I "quoted" and wrote ^ABOVE^ has NOT been changed
at all with this "edit"!

As sometimes happens when a "controversy" arises...
"Posts" are DELETED without further comment or explanation
by their author.
Such is the situation here in this Thread...
The post I wrote ^ABOVE^ had a "reply" by "moosmom" which remained
for some to see, but was then DELETED without further comment.
Now some folks are wondering WHAT is he "upset" about.
HERE"S what I (and possibly others) am "upset" about >>>>>>>>


Posted by: "moosmom"
Personal feline concierge
Posts: 4916

Midnight's "future" is probably a Lot Better NOW
than it's been for the last several years

And you came to that conclusion HOW??? Let me see.
Hmmmmmm, being starved and left out in the cold
vs. being trapped and taken to a foster home
vs. being left where he is and starved by an uncaring, irresponsible pet owner.

Somehow I just can't see how much BETTER his future will be.
I was MORE than willing to offer him a foster home till a furrever
home could be found.

So in other words,
"It's only a cat, let him go,
he'll survive on his own."

Your buddy Butch shirked his responsibility as the Animal Control Officer
and his duty to protect innocent animals,
by throwing his hands up in the air and saying "Oh well".

I didn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings, offend anyone or
remove the "spotlight" off your heroism. And I certainly
wasn't asking you to defend yourself.
But someone has to speak up for Midnight,
as he certainly can't speak for himself.
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