Posted on 06/21/2004 3:46:42 AM PDT by PetroniDE
Back to Monday, here we go again. I didn’t post or lurk on FR for a whole week. Shame on me. Too much stuff happening; this week CAN’T be anymore hectic. I don’t have a real good topic this week, so we have some unrelated kitty pictures to caption.
Swing Batter Batter – Swing Batter Batter Swing !
Kitty Kondo.
Lakers LOST NBA Finals? Perhaps They Need Players Who Can JUMP ? 
You Must Lurk (At Least) Every Day --- Next Time You Get This. 
Good Monday Morning --- GET UP !!!!
Thanks again!
LOVE the Kitty Kondo!
I see my zot 'trio' made the thread! They took the week off to watch the Pistons. Thanks for the post!
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw what I perceived to be an SUV speeding past me on the right. As the vehicle pulled ahead, we both saw something white come flying out and land on the road. In my right side view mirror, we saw that it was a kitten. It was sitting in the middle of the road looking dazed. I slammed on my brakes, and because traffic behind me was stopped at the light back down the road, I was able to back up to get the cat. I was watching the poor little thing the whole time I backed up, yet when I got to where he was supposed to be, he was gone. I stood in the middle of the road to slow traffic down. We looked up and down the road, and off onto the areas on the side of the road for the kitten, but didn't see him(her).
At this time, a car stopped on the other side of the median. The man and older woman in the car had followed the person in the SUV and had observed the person, a woman, throw four kittens out of her car window onto the road. He had gotten her license plate number and was heading back to the casino and would call it in.
My friend and I went on to the gas station, hit the grocery store we had been headed to, and then had lunch. At lunch I told her that I was sorry now that I hadn't given the guy my name and phone numer so they could contact me as a witness. She suggested that I call the police when we got home to see if anyone had filed a report.
When we got home, I phoned the State Police barracks in the nearest town to the casino. Sure enough, someone had called the report into them. About 20 minutes later, the trooper who had taken the original report called me back. He said unfortunately, the person who had called in and given them the license number and reported the incident, never provided his name or contact number. Why is beyond me. The trooper advised me that they spoke to the woman who owned the license number and she denied throwing anything out of her vehicle. I will be going to the barracks on Wednesday to submit my own statement, but I doubt anything will be done about it. Without the written statement of the guy who saw her throw the four kittens out the window, followed her and took down her tag number, there isn't any case since neither I or my friend actually observed the woman throw the kitten out, nor could we provide any of her physical characteristics.
After working in prisons for 23+ years, I thought I'd seen just about everything. I'd heard of people doing horrible things like this, but never thought I'd ever see it. I wish we had been able to locate that kitten, and my heart breaks at the thought that he(she) and the other 3 kittens are out in the wilds. The guy who saw her throw all four kittens, said that he didn't see any of the kittens get hit and it appears that they all made it off the road okay, but what kind of life will they have? Chances of them surviving, being so small are slim to none in my estimation. I've been sick over this since it happened. I'll write in next Monday's thread to let you all know what the trooper told me.
Part of me wishes to God I'd seen something like that. I'd likely have a police record as a result, but it'd be totally worth it.
If your day is bummin' you out, you should watch this video:
I never laughed so hard for so long. I'm in tears of laughter. All of those were so funny. What a great way to start off a Monday morning. :)
Lady Jag, you gotta see this!
Some people are just down right mean and cruel. I would hope a woman like that doesn't have children. I don't understand how people can be so heartless.
Please keep us posted on what happens.
I wish now that I had followed the bitch, but I was more concerned for the kitten's safety, so I stayed at the scene. I highly doubt the trooper will provide me with any personal information on this woman, but I do have some sources that I might be able to contact for info.
I would LOVE to hear what your sources might uncover. That woman deserves a - well, anyway, she deserves a visit from concerned citizens and animal lovers. Big ones. Like me.
How horrible and sickening.
Thank you for doing what you could.
That is just hilarious!!
hope the bastard pays
No need to tell me to get up, my three VK's already made sure I was out of bed by five. Dratted little furballs!
what a heartbreaking story! This is exactly how I got my latest kitten, found abandoned in a parking lot, sitting on a mound of snow in january. It was only by chance that I went to that shopping mall, many miles from my house, I only can say that maybe I was guided there to save that kitten. She has turned out to be an absolutely funny, loving, adorable, cuddly cat that has truly enriched our life.
I hope and pray that some good samaritans find the kittens and provide them with good homes (drying some tears...)
Yawn! I got another hour of sleep before getting up for work.
I actually had someone at church (they were having financial problems) tell me they drown some kittens because they couldn't afford to feed them. They had children too. I can't imagine doing that or what they told their children.
I have had people tell me they take kittens in a box and give them away at WalMart, they may or may not have good homes, but they're is always something better than throwing them out of a moving vehicle. Vetinarys will also try to find homes for kittens. Wayside Waifs is a good place to take them.
For your sanity, I wish there was more you could have done. Those poor little babies.
Hey that kitty condo is a great idea! How do you keep it from tipping?
I love the Jedi kitty...nice addition to the viking kitty squad.
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