Friday Cat Blog
Let us out!
Bandit and Smoke are not "outside" cats, but they like to pretend that they are. They stand at the front door, anticipating the opportunity to dash outside the instant the door is openened.
What do they do out there?
Smoke looks for chipmunks. There's a perfect spot next to the rain gutter. Wait long enough and a dumb chipmunk is bound to come and stumble across Smoke's feet. Bring the chipmunk into the house and it's good for several hours of fun play.
Bandit hangs out right by the door. He walks out to roll on the sidewalk now and then, but dashes back into the house at the slightest wind or noise.
Where's Grace, you ask? She's the queen of the household. It is beneath her to stand at the door and beg. When the door is propped open, she'll mosey outside when she's good and ready.
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Go and see what other cats and dogs and sundry animals are up to at the Friday Ark.
On Sunday, visit the Carnival of the Cats, hosted this week at Begin Each Day.
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1 Comments:
its cool when cats can go outside and be safe.
some sicko on long island in ny killed his neighbors cats over the years for roaming:
Cops: Man euthanizes neighbor's cat
BY WIL CRUZ
Newsday Staff Writer
April 17, 2006
Regina Fagone of West Islip had an immediate inkling of who might be behind the disappearance of her family's Russian Blue cat earlier this month.
Fagone, 41, suspected her neighbor, Richard DeSantis, whom she accused of having two of her other cats euthanized in 1998.
So after a two-day search and twice visiting the Town of Islip Animal Shelter, she was told at the shelter that a smoky gray Russian Blue cat with a sunken left eye -- the Fagones' cat, Coal -- had been brought in without her knowledge and euthanized.
Along with her husband, Jesse, Fagone filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the town to find out who had taken Coal to the shelter. Records at the shelter showed that DeSantis, who lives next to the Fagones on Hyman Avenue, brought the cat in on April 3 to be put down. Police said he trapped the cat in his backyard.
DeSantis was arrested Saturday and charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief, fifth-degree criminal possession of a stolen property, and making a false written statement. He was issued a desk appearance ticket and is to formally face the charges, all misdemeanors, June 5 at First District Court in Central Islip.
DeSantis, who police said has no prior arrests in Suffolk, faces up to a year in prison.
Relatives at DeSantis' home refused to comment, saying he was waiting to speak to an attorney. But a woman who declined to identify herself said there was more to the incident.
"There are two sides to every story," she said, but would not elaborate.
What Suffolk police said: After Third Precinct officers were called to the Fagone home at 654 Hyman Ave., Regina Fagone told them her family had a long-standing conflict with DeSantis over her missing cats.
In an interview, Fagone said he keeps traps in his backyard for his job as a wildlife rehabilitator, helping wounded animals. Police said DeSantis is retired, but could provide no information about his job. A police investigation confirmed DeSantis, 56, of 656 Hyman, indeed had trapped the cat and taken it to be euthanized.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-litrap0417,0,6003261,print.story
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