FabSwingers.com forum: Cat advice needed please

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Just clipped a cat in my car, it ran right out under my wheels and there was nothing I could do. It ran off and wasn't knocked over but I could tell I had clipped it buy the movement it made. I stopped the car n got out n went to see if I could find it but it had run off.

I don't know what to do now, I want to put a message on Facebook in case the cat is hurt and needs looking at. But I'm worried about doing this in case I get lumbered with a big vets bill. I did knock on the door of the garden it ran into but i didnt get an answer. It wasn't my fault the dam thing was under my wheels before I saw it. I was only doing 25 miles an hour cos it was a 30 limit n I was coming up to a mini roundabout.

Please what should I do?

PTU xxx

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Put it on facebook in your local area

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Put it on facebook in your local area"

What do I do if I'm made to pay a vets bill tho? I can't afford a vets bill and it wasn't my fault.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"Put it on facebook in your local area

What do I do if I'm made to pay a vets bill tho? I can't afford a vets bill and it wasn't my fault.

xxx"
i dont know. But id want to know what happened to the cat and that it was ok

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Put it on facebook in your local area

What do I do if I'm made to pay a vets bill tho? I can't afford a vets bill and it wasn't my fault.

xxxi dont know. But id want to know what happened to the cat and that it was ok"

Yes that's how I feel too........

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You have no liability, cats are not regarded as "property" but wild animals.

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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago

ST. AUSTELL, CORNWALL

All good advice here

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

say nothing do nothing if you put on fb you will get the trolls attacking you

and dont worry cats have 9 lives

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"say nothing do nothing if you put on fb you will get the trolls attacking you

and dont worry cats have 9 lives"
depends what kind of conscience you have. Cat might be lying somewhere badly injured and the owner not know

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By *opsy RogersWoman
over a year ago

London

I wouldn't expect anyone to tell me they had accidentally hurt my cat. It's a cat. It does what it wants.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"say nothing do nothing if you put on fb you will get the trolls attacking you

and dont worry cats have 9 lives"

Yes I'm thinking that if I put it on Facebook I'm an easy target for money grabbers. It wasn't my fault so I shouldn't be worrying about it really. Before the internet people ran over cats n you would never know what had happened to it. X

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"say nothing do nothing if you put on fb you will get the trolls attacking you

and dont worry cats have 9 livesdepends what kind of conscience you have. Cat might be lying somewhere badly injured and the owner not know"

It won't be badly hurt I only clipped it. It stayed upright n carried on running. X

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Cats will run off if they're hurt and ours have always managed to make it home.

You're the only one who can decide about Facebook.

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

Unfortunately most people wouldn't do anything let alone admit they hit a cat.

Ours got ran over and the woman didn't even stop or let us know shed done it.

The chap behind her told us what had happened, our cats now buried in the garden.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Cats will run off if they're hurt and ours have always managed to make it home.

You're the only one who can decide about Facebook."

Would you of appiecated knowing what had happened?

How likely am I to end up footing a bill?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How awful all round.

I as a besotted cat owner would be reluctant to say put something on Facebook because you will be an easy target. But on the other hand if it was my cat I'd want to know. But unless you know for certain where it lives I can't see that there is really anything you can do. But feel for you, that's a horrid thing to happen to you. x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've done the same thing. When scared/injured they run and hide, self preservation thing. You are not liable, although you used to have to report to police if you ran over a dog - not sure about that now.

You have a conscience and that is to be applauded. Putting it on FB is a long shot. As I said you are not liable but you may get the cat trolling, keyboard warriors abusing your page.

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By *rSuave88Man
over a year ago

Mirfield

Im thinking if it managed to run away and the fact that it got clipped and not run over that it will manage to get back home hopefully

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"say nothing do nothing if you put on fb you will get the trolls attacking you

and dont worry cats have 9 livesdepends what kind of conscience you have. Cat might be lying somewhere badly injured and the owner not know"
the op has stated it ran of and was just a clip

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Im thinking if it managed to run away and the fact that it got clipped and not run over that it will manage to get back home hopefully"

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"say nothing do nothing if you put on fb you will get the trolls attacking you

and dont worry cats have 9 livesdepends what kind of conscience you have. Cat might be lying somewhere badly injured and the owner not know the op has stated it ran of and was just a clip"
but she doesnt know how hard the clip was. It may have ran of but have internal head injuries

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"say nothing do nothing if you put on fb you will get the trolls attacking you

and dont worry cats have 9 livesdepends what kind of conscience you have. Cat might be lying somewhere badly injured and the owner not know the op has stated it ran of and was just a clipbut she doesnt know how hard the clip was. It may have ran of but have internal head injuries"

It was it's back leg/bum.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wasn't your fault so no need to pay a vets bill.

I'm not sure if you are legally obliged to even say anything.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"say nothing do nothing if you put on fb you will get the trolls attacking you

and dont worry cats have 9 livesdepends what kind of conscience you have. Cat might be lying somewhere badly injured and the owner not know the op has stated it ran of and was just a clipbut she doesnt know how hard the clip was. It may have ran of but have internal head injuries

It was it's back leg/bum. "
one of my cats had been hit by a car before i had her. She had to have two lots of medication for life due to arthritis the injury had caused

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My brother in law minced the neighbours cat when he started the van and it was sitting on the engine....he scooped it up and they never knew what happened to it. In this case tho the cat ran away so I wouldn't bother x

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Cats will run off if they're hurt and ours have always managed to make it home.

You're the only one who can decide about Facebook.

Would you of appiecated knowing what had happened?

How likely am I to end up footing a bill?"

We would have appreciated knowing sooner that way we could have got them treated earlier. However it isn't always possible to find a cat once its run off. We wouldn't have asked the car driver to foot the bill because we're aware that animals have no road sense.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Only advice on the web is what to do with a dead or injured cat. Not what to do if the dam thing runs away.

I suppose there's nothing I can do all likely hood is that it's ok as I was going quite slowly and it ran off.

I'll keep an eye on my local feeds and if I see anything relating to it I'll message then. I got a look at it as it ran off so I know what it looks like plus I know a local councillor who posts local updates like missing cats. X

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Cats will run off if they're hurt and ours have always managed to make it home.

You're the only one who can decide about Facebook.

Would you of appiecated knowing what had happened?

How likely am I to end up footing a bill?

Yes but there's alsort of people who don't think like that and are quick to make a fast buck.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"say nothing do nothing if you put on fb you will get the trolls attacking you

and dont worry cats have 9 livesdepends what kind of conscience you have. Cat might be lying somewhere badly injured and the owner not know the op has stated it ran of and was just a clipbut she doesnt know how hard the clip was. It may have ran of but have internal head injuries

It was it's back leg/bum. one of my cats had been hit by a car before i had her. She had to have two lots of medication for life due to arthritis the injury had caused"

I'm assuming then you would of expected the person to pay for the meds for the lifetime of the cat. It's exactly this sort of entitlement I want to avoid.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"My brother in law minced the neighbours cat when he started the van and it was sitting on the engine....he scooped it up and they never knew what happened to it. In this case tho the cat ran away so I wouldn't bother x"
oh gosh silly cat. I bet he was distraught. Xxx

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"say nothing do nothing if you put on fb you will get the trolls attacking you

and dont worry cats have 9 livesdepends what kind of conscience you have. Cat might be lying somewhere badly injured and the owner not know the op has stated it ran of and was just a clipbut she doesnt know how hard the clip was. It may have ran of but have internal head injuries

It was it's back leg/bum. one of my cats had been hit by a car before i had her. She had to have two lots of medication for life due to arthritis the injury had caused

I'm assuming then you would of expected the person to pay for the meds for the lifetime of the cat. It's exactly this sort of entitlement I want to avoid."
why would you assume that. I never said such a thing.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"say nothing do nothing if you put on fb you will get the trolls attacking you

and dont worry cats have 9 livesdepends what kind of conscience you have. Cat might be lying somewhere badly injured and the owner not know the op has stated it ran of and was just a clipbut she doesnt know how hard the clip was. It may have ran of but have internal head injuries

It was it's back leg/bum. one of my cats had been hit by a car before i had her. She had to have two lots of medication for life due to arthritis the injury had caused

I'm assuming then you would of expected the person to pay for the meds for the lifetime of the cat. It's exactly this sort of entitlement I want to avoid."
maybe i should assume it was your fault you ran over the cat cause you werent looking where you were going

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No he sent my sister a text saying gona clean the mess up that's on the drive before the neighbours see it and went to work x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Contact local vets and let them know. Give a description of the cat. Don't leave personal details unless you want to.

Most people if their cat goes missing contact local vets.

I would not put it on Facebook, you'll get grief probably. It only takes one person to get arsey and you'll have folk from all over the shop giving you grief because the story has ended up worse than it actually was and folk don't listen.. Not worth it.

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare

It's highly unlikely the cat will see your message on Facebook

Not everyone is on it you know

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"say nothing do nothing if you put on fb you will get the trolls attacking you

and dont worry cats have 9 livesdepends what kind of conscience you have. Cat might be lying somewhere badly injured and the owner not know the op has stated it ran of and was just a clipbut she doesnt know how hard the clip was. It may have ran of but have internal head injuries

It was it's back leg/bum. one of my cats had been hit by a car before i had her. She had to have two lots of medication for life due to arthritis the injury had caused

I'm assuming then you would of expected the person to pay for the meds for the lifetime of the cat. It's exactly this sort of entitlement I want to avoid.why would you assume that. I never said such a thing.

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just cos you mentioned life long meds.

I couldn't avoid the cat as it ran out so close to the car. I stopped straight away and got out and looked for it in the direction it went but it was no where to be seen. As stated I was driv8ng SLOWLY cos I was coming up to a mini roundabout

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"say nothing do nothing if you put on fb you will get the trolls attacking you

and dont worry cats have 9 livesdepends what kind of conscience you have. Cat might be lying somewhere badly injured and the owner not know the op has stated it ran of and was just a clipbut she doesnt know how hard the clip was. It may have ran of but have internal head injuries

It was it's back leg/bum. one of my cats had been hit by a car before i had her. She had to have two lots of medication for life due to arthritis the injury had caused

just cos you mentioned life long meds.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Contact local vets and let them know. Give a description of the cat. Don't leave personal details unless you want to.

Most people if their cat goes missing contact local vets.

yes thank you. Think I'll do as I've said n just watch local feeds. There's lots and lots of local vets in three different directions lol. X

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"It's highly unlikely the cat will see your message on Facebook

Not everyone is on it you know"

Will it not? Oh bugger

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By *requent_FerryersCouple
over a year ago

Norwich to Great Yarmouth (by river)

"How awful all round.

That is one of the most balanced pieces of advice I have seen in these forums. In this case it is more impressive that it comes from a self-declared cat lover.

The reality is; you have no legal requirement to do anything; you have no legal impediment to pay for any vet bills; you do not know where the cat came from nor where it is now; you will become the target of FB trolls if you post on there; you are feeling very upset and distressed;. That is understandable, but once again I remind you that there is very little you can do or should do.

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

"say nothing do nothing if you put on fb you will get the trolls attacking you

and dont worry cats have 9 livesdepends what kind of conscience you have. Cat might be lying somewhere badly injured and the owner not know

It won't be badly hurt I only clipped it. It stayed upright n carried on running. X"

You're not liable for any bills. The cat ran out and was unavoidable. No owner or troll can claim anything. If your still concerned, just say you saw it happen and wanted to help.

But the injury can be serious. Our last cat turned up on our back doorstep after being knocked down. Smashed hips, but it had walked 20 yards and come over two gates to get home with that injury. It needed hospital treatment to survive.

They can still move when badly hurt, much better than we would be able to.

Put it on fb or better still go back if it's local enough.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's highly unlikely the cat will see your message on Facebook

Not everyone is on it you know"

Nothing surprises me....

Google catbook

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I won't put it on fb cos as proven I will just get jumped on by trolls.

But I will keep an eye on my local feeds. Xxx

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By *heBirminghamWeekendMan
over a year ago

here

No reason you should feel any responsibility for this happening. Look at it this way - if you had swerved to avoid the cat and had caused a more serious situation, would the owner of the cat accept responsibility for the accident and the actions of their cat...

Chances are the cat will limp home to owner if it can.

If it can't, then it will instinctively know its days are numbered and go hobble off somewhere quiet to pass away.

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By *orkie321bWoman
over a year ago

Nottingham

OP try not to feel too bad, cats are stupid when it comes to roads.

If you stopped and looked for the injured cat there really is nothing more you could have done.

Some years ago one of our cats was clipped by a car and injured around the rear end. His tail was completely paralyzed and he did have a few problems with controlling his bladder sometimes but still lived a long and happy life. We would never have held the driver responsible and most reasonable people would think the same way.

Keep an eye on your local feeds for a while just in case someone is looking for a missing cat that matches the description of the one you clipped. If your cat is lost you just want to know what happened to it even if it isn't good news.

(((Hugs)))

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is there any local pets groups on Facebook - like Lost & Found or Cat Lovers groups? Maybe mention it on one of those if there is one?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"OP try not to feel too bad, cats are stupid when it comes to roads.

If you stopped and looked for the injured cat there really is nothing more you could have done.

(((Hugs)))"

Thank you n yes I'd be sad if Luna ever got out n was injured or worse but I wouldn't blame the driver. Xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

kitty is alive and well check my username as you can i can type as well

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"kitty is alive and well check my username as you can i can type as well

bad kitty.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"kitty is alive and well check my username as you can i can type as well

bad kitty.

xx"

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By *armer philMan
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

Chances are the cat has gone home and it doesn't sound like it was to badly hurt . If you travel that way a lot next time you pass the house you knocked the door on call and see if they have heard anything. It could be a stray cat or a farm cat neither of which would be very easy to catch . You stopped in the first place and by what your saying did everything you .Don't worry to much about it I'm sure it's okay

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare

Could have been worse op.

You could have hit a dog

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare

"It's highly unlikely the cat will see your message on Facebook

Not everyone is on it you know

Nothing surprises me....

Google catbook"

Fuck they are online.

It's been cats all along uploading their own funny cat videos

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By *effrey45Man
over a year ago

Lytham

Cats are remarkable at healing as well

Sometimes they just lie low for 48 hours then make their way home

If the little guy was able to run off that's a good sign

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Cats are remarkable at healing as well

Sometimes they just lie low for 48 hours then make their way home

If the little guy was able to run off that's a good sign "

Yea he didn't even fall over just wobbled a bit so I'm prob worrying over nothing. Xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd go knock on a few more doors and the one you tried earlier again

Write down the description of the cat and what happened and get afew flyers printed if you wanna go the extra mile

The cats chances sound good from what you've described

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And you aren't liable for vets bills

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's highly unlikely the cat will see your message on Facebook

Not everyone is on it you know

Nothing surprises me....

Google catbook

Fuck they are online.

It's been cats all along uploading their own funny cat videos"

But they're so furrrrny

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Say nothing .. do nothing .. hope that the moggy is ok ... It's really not worth worrying about ... Shit happens

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just clipped a cat in my car, it ran right out under my wheels and there was nothing I could do. It ran off and wasn't knocked over but I could tell I had clipped it buy the movement it made. I stopped the car n got out n went to see if I could find it but it had run off.

Please what should I do?

PTU xxx "

You don't need to do anything, cats arn't covered by law for the purposes of reporting it. You did your best from a moral point of view so I wouldn't worry too much about it. You tried.

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

I would not put it on facebook, but I would go back later and call in to a couple of houses to let them know a black/tabby/whatever cat ran out in front of you and was clipped. If it was my cat, and missing, I would then know I needed to find it urgently.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have 4 cats and they are part of my family I would be devestated if anything happen to them but I am aware that they have no road sense . You are not responsible for the cat at all and you tried finding the owners I think someone suggested earlier inform the local vets that's the best advice .

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By *orwegian BlueMan
over a year ago

Iceland, but Aldi is closer..

I have lost 2 cats to being hit by cars, it's not nice but it happens.

You don't know who's cat it was and there are probably a dozen or so cats in that vicinity that would match the description you could give.

It ran off and hopefully it's alright...that's it, you did all you could at the time, now try and put it out of your mind and don't beat yourself up over it.

Psx

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By *uby0000Woman
over a year ago

hertfordshire

years ago i came back home to find a sack on my doorstep when we opened it it was my cat that someone had run over and killed i was heartbroken

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"How awful all round.

That is one of the most balanced pieces of advice I have seen in these forums. In this case it is more impressive that it comes from a self-declared cat lover.

Thank you for the lovely feedback about my comment. x

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