Yes- this was taped up tight

[Inchworm]

Only the handles were airvents. It was left at the Humane Society with a 5 month old kitten in it. Someone was in the center on Tuesday and not again until the trapped kitty was found Friday morning. We can't be certain if it stayed out 1, 2 or 3 nights in below freezing weather. I left the pic huge so you can read the smiley closed note and see where the cat tried to escape through the hole.



EDIT: Oops.. I guess it was insensitive not to say that the kitten will be fine and is with a wonderful foster who handles cats in need often. I just started to steam as I typed out the initial part and it escaped me. oops..

Discuss.

x(

[gristy]

1. Did the cat survive?

[Inchworm]

7. The cat is ok now

oops

[Richard Steele]

8. Whew! Thanks for adding that! nm

[ralbertson]

10. Good deal. Thanks for letting us know that.

If little kitty still needs a home, PM me and we'll figure out how to get it here from there.

[ralbertson]

2. WTF! All that and no more info?

Did the poor kitten make it or not? I understand a teaser post when I see one, but not telling us any more than that is just plain cruel.


(Edited to note that at least the person who dropped the kitty off tried to make sure it could find a good home, as opposed to just dumping it in the woods or something -- but why was there nobody there for three whole days during the week anyway?)

[Inchworm]

9. Oops

yes, your second part is what I'm battling with in my head.

As much as we despise animal control we have signs explaining how it is illegal to abandon animals there and if they cannot contact a HS person to goto Animal Control. Was it probably a bad judgement call, yes. But that doesnt change the fact the kitty could have died.

[likesmountains 52]

3. Ouch...people can be so dumb...how sad

[Inchworm]

11. The smily was kinda like salt

x(

[blogslut]

4. Is kitty okay?

[Inchworm]

12. Yes- I edited OP

I was fuming mad as I typed and spaced the condition of kitty.

oops

[DS1]

5. I would imagine the lid is on for a reason

:(

[Inchworm]

13. Had it snowed Friday and not Sunday

We could have used it for a casket I guess

:banghead:

[high density]

6. I'm happy that copy paper required 10% fewer trees to produce

and is more energy efficient.

[Inchworm]

15. I guess that is the paper lining to it all

it kind of corrugates my brow though.

[babylonsister]

14. Hmmm.

I'm reading 'Light On Snow' by Anita Shreve, about people who left a baby in a snow bank, with no likely chance of rescue.

At least the person didn't use the kitten for bait (I know, that's gross but it happens).

That kitty sounds like it might have issues in the future; the trauma must have been horrible.

[Inchworm]

17. Thats my issue really

I cant decide to want to strangle the person who did this or just explain where they went wrong. I'm glad it worked out like it did. Heh, we do have bears here. It could have very well been bait I guess.

We also had a "rumor" problem here where our animal control was involved in giving up animals to feel snakes. Was probably a rumor because the Main dude at animal control is just there due to politics and is hated by many.

[aquart]

28. Strangle first, explain later.

[aquart]

27. Depends on the cat.

We've seen some that have suffered horrors, but when rescued were completely relaxed and happy...relieved because they absolutely knew there had been some dreadful mistake but all was well now. And others that went flat out insane because they couldn't deal with the loss. I've even seen a catatonic cat (who eventually came out of it and returned to being the big bully he was always meant to be). Time. Patience. Kindness.

[Lisa0825]

16. I am glad the kitty survived...

people are such fucking idiots.... nothing surprises me. here's a recent story from the shelter I volunteer with... (warning: not graphic, but not a happy ending)

To the student who left a box of "UGLY KITTENS" in front of Big Chief Grocery Store in Santa Fe:

You need to know that your actions were unspeakable, despite whatever good deed you thought you were accomplishing. On Sunday night, I went to Big Chief to pick up items for dinner and saw an unattended box that read: Free Kittens - Ugly Kittens - Santa Fe kittens (all in colorful, bubbly letters). How cute it was for you draw a picture of the Santa Fe H.S. Mascot. This is not a school event, young lady. This is not a Homecoming sign or a Pep Rally banner. These were small, sick, kittens that you intentionally and negligently left in a box in front of a grocery store. Your actions are not only appalling, but illegal!

How cutesy wootsey of the idiot kid to decorate with her high school logo, and what kind of parent raised such a thoughtless brat?! Click the link if you want to read the rest :-( http://www.whiskerville.org/articles.php

[Inchworm]

19. Me too

Sadly, I had to read about that less fortunate kitten. :(

I have confidence that we will get the kitty healthy and it will be placed in a loving home when she is ready.

[ralbertson]

20. O. M. G. ....

Bless you and those you work with for your kindness, no matter how badly it turned out for poor little Chief. At least s/he got a chance to be loved before s/he went on to the next life, no matter how brief that moment might have been.

I might not like elephants very much, but I love cats and kittens and I have spent most of my life taking care of as many of them as possible.

I firmly believe that having a good cat as a good friend is a privilege, not just a privilege, and that there are soul-level responsibilities involved in that kind of relationship -- same species or not, we're all beings and we're all here together for a reason and we all need to take that responsibility seriously.

Although I rather doubt that I'll ever be able to convince Bill Frist of that...

[aquart]

18. Happened to us all the time.

We took to leaving the gate up a bit, so they could slide the boxes in safely and they were away from drunks and kids. Fortunately, my sister lived above the store, and the store cats had to be fed, so nobody was left there too long.

But we never had a kind word for the dumpers.

[Inchworm]

22. We get that a lot around here too

Once someone finds a place they think the cats will be safe they sneak in and dump them. Then 2-3 months later after thei barn cat has another litter and weans them the ppl drop at same place.

What sucks is soon the kind person is overwhelmed and feels too bad to do anything but keeping on. Some buy catfood instead of food for themselves. It is remarkable but quite sad at the same time.

[aquart]

29. Exactly.

We had to forbid the local papers from any mention of the cats in articles about us. We knew we'd be inundated. Even so, people knew. We got calls from all over. Once, some transit cops showed up with a kitten they'd found down in the subway.

We once even got a delivery of four tiny newborn kittens in what looked like a Dunkin Donuts box from the ASPCA, because they knew we had a nursing queen who was completely indiscriminate. Ambrosia didn't care who was taking a drink. She did 'em in shifts.

And then there were the local kids who brought in a screaming kitten they'd been hiding in their closet for over a week. They were feeding it...but didn't know that the mother had to lick it in order for it to defecate. My sister gave it two flicks with a damp finger and it pretty much exploded in great shrieking relief. We named it Frenzy.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

21. Were The Days/Hours Of Operation Clearly And Visibly Posted?

If they weren't, I don't blame the owners at all. It seems like they truly wanted the best for this kitten even though they may have had a lapse in judgment in how they left it (such as not waiting for a live person). Some people feel too guilty to do such things though, and instead just leave it there. But based on the food, water and note, it truly does seem like the owners had the best intentions and would've wanted no harm to come to the cat. If the hours or days of operation weren't clearly and visibly posted, i.e. no large sign inferring that no one would be there until Friday, then I find no fault in the owners who left it. If they were posted clearly, then the owners either were too absentminded to look, or were in fact assholes who would still choose to leave the kitten there rather than waiting the few extra days until they knew someone would be there. But I don't get the vibe of the latter. Instead, it seems like an owner with good intentions that didn't think things through enough.

[Inchworm]

23. Yea they are - at front AND back door

Along with large posters stating that it is illegal to abandon animals there and how to go about contacting Animal Control if they cannot reach us. That is no excuse. I also think this person had good intentions. It still makes me mad though.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

31. Well, I'm Not So Sure About The Good Intentions Anymore.

If they simply didn't see them or read them and were merely absentminded, I could forgive a bit more cause at least they tried to mean well. But since there's a good chance they DID see them, then there's a good chance they were total pieces of shit too. I'm not as firm as others might be as far as being a horrible thing to leave an animal there no matter what. I do give a bit of leeway and understand how some might truly mean well or how they think a few hours in a box (till the place opens in the morning) isn't anything overly harmful. But what may have happened here, and that I've recognized from some people before, is the ignorant and shallow concept that animals have no feelings or are almost inanimate, and that it's no big deal if it's trapped for days etc, cause in the end someone will find it. They just dismiss the whole 'life' part of the animal as if it truly isn't relevant and are overwhelmingly concerned with simply their own convenience. Now sure, without the food, water etc it could show someone far more cruel, but what bothers me is the short sighted mentality that causes some to think that merely supplying the food and water was enough, without giving care to the actual psychological well being of the animal. It is a mentality of "as long as it survives, my hands are clean'. I don't consider such a mentality to be well intentioned. Instead, it is a dismissive of any life but human life type mentality that shows a far deeper character flaw in my opinion. You most definitely have a right to be mad at someone with such a shallow and selfish mentality.

If they simply didn't see the sign, then I consider them to be quite irresponsible. But if they did, and simply took the 'ahhhh so it's till Friday. She'll survive till then' type mentality, then they are pieces of shit.

[Lisa0825]

24. Sorry, but I strongly disagree....

You are absolving the person of any responsibility, and even trying to pin it on those who give and sacrifice to work to save animals. Rather than be mildly inconvenienced by making sure the kitten was safe, THEY DUMPED IT!!!!! They carelessly and callously abandoned the cat. They do NOT deserve a pass on this. If you had seen the outcome of situations like this they way I have, which happen OVER AND OVER AND OVER and usually do not have happy endings, maybe you wouldn't be so quick to excuse what this pathetic person did. We have security cameras around our shelter to catch people who do this, and on the occasions in which we are able to identify them, we do press charges. The helpless kittens and puppies which get dumped die more often than not when idiots like these don't think through their actions.

Good intentions, my ass!

:rant:

[SPKrazy]

25. gRRRRRR

that makes me mad :grr:

glad the kitteh is fine

but hell

someone should be in jail for that shit

:grr:

:hi:

[Inchworm]

30. I'd rather them clean cat cages

or something fitting...

:hi:

EDIT: speld hi wrong

[SPKrazy]

36. well yeah

that too

something to make them understand what they did was wrong

:hi:

[lost-in-nj]

26. HOW can people be so cruel.....

tell me


does ANYONE know......

lost


K&R

:hug:

[Inchworm]

33. I dont hate this person

I just wish I could speak to her/him and let em know their heart was in the right place, but their head was up their bum.

:hug:

[lost-in-nj]

34. ok

I understand.....

your right....


:hug:

lost

[EFerrari]

32. This is about the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

And I live with me. :(

[Inchworm]

35. Pretty dumb

pretty dumb indeed.

[EFerrari]

37. I used to foster and I thought I'd seen everything. I've never seen THIS.

I'm glad the baby was okay despite human interference.