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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

1740.0. "Pet Finders-Lost or Found" by TPVAX3::ROBBINS () Tue Sep 06 1988 15:15

    
    To Moderator: Please if you think this note may be more helpful
    in some other topic move it to where it would be the most useful.
    
    
           As some of you know I'm still searching for Pretty Boy :^(.
    I refuse to give up even though it's been over 2 months and no sign
    of him yet.  I stumbled upon a number in the Catmopolitan I had
    at home.  I've looked thru before and it just didn't catch my eye
    I guess.  I believe the name of the ageny is Pet Finder so I figured
    I'd wait till I called before filling people in.  The woman was
    ultra ultra nice and informed me that they have been doing this
    since 1976.  She explained basically to me the way they work.  They
    take down all your info on your lost pet and put it in the computer
    data bank.  She said they get about 50 calls daily but alot of them
    are people calling on found pets.  They feed this also in and once
    your info is in they run a match.  If they have a match they call
    you right away if not your file will stay in there for at least
    6 months.  Also the computer prints out a lost report that is mailed
    to all humane societies, shelters, and animal rescue leagues within
    a 60 mile radius of the area you give.  The only drawback with this
    is pounds are not included :^(.  They also advertise in 18 nationwide
    papers for lost and founds.  The lifetime membership fee is $49
    and is tax deductible because of being a non profit organization.
    I personally think that if this is as worthwile as it seems that
    the local humane societies should have this number posted somewhere
    or give it out to people when they have a lost animal or found.
    Well I'll see how it works....  Nothing can hurt at this point.
    
                 The number is 1-800-666-LOST.
    
                                                     KIM

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1740.1		CIRCUS::KOLLING	Karen, Sweetie, & Holly; in Calif.	`Tue Sep 06 1988 17:24`	4
	Good luck to you and Pretty Boy. Losing one of my cats this way is one of my worst nightmares, so I can imagine how you feel. Perhaps he has been taken in by someone and has a loving home.
1740.2	There's hope...	JAWS::COTE	Hey! Edd got a job!	`Tue Sep 06 1988 17:50`	12
	>Taken in and has a loving home... Two years ago I volunteered to watch a friends's cat for 2 weeks. As she brought "Princess" to the door, the cat jumped out of her arms and RAN like hell out into the woods. Gone. poof. Yesterday I looked out the window to see what Aja was barking at. T'was Princess!! Fat and happy!! Chances are good Pretty Boy is living the good life... Edd
1740.3	keep up	CGOO01::LMILLER	Now try it once more ......	`Tue Sep 06 1988 19:44`	3
	My sister-in-law's cat turned up living wild behind a butchers shop 3 years after it disappeared. It was in reasonable heath and lived another 3 years.e
1740.4	Pretty boy will come home!	IAMOK::HTAYLOR	Me and my lil' pots o' purrs!	`Wed Sep 07 1988 10:28`	9
	RE: .2 Edd, WOW! What a story! That really gives me and I am sure most of the readers that Pretty Boy will come home! Holly
1740.5	The other side of the coin...	DRFIX::IVES		`Wed Sep 07 1988 12:55`	26
	As most of you know our Mocha was a stray. We tried so hard to find his owners. We knew someone's heart must have been broken to have lost a Ragdoll. We didn't know he was one at that time. It will be a year the first of December. Needless to say I would be heart broken now to have to give him up. We do think about the people who lost him, and realize what a heartbreak it must have been for them, to have lost such a sweet heart, let alone such a valuable cat. Each time we let him out doors I worry that this may be the time he won't come back. We have given him a great home where he is the center of attraction, and lavished with affection, and all his needs and wants are taken care of. I guess I have to ask this question...... If you have lost a cat and after some time heard that other people had taken it in and the people were attached to it, and had made a good home for it, would you leave it there or reclaim it? (I realize this will probably open up a can of worms!) Barbara
1740.6	hmmm....	TPVAX2::ROBBINS		`Wed Sep 07 1988 13:44`	27
	Barbara, I can answer you on that one :^). You see if you read the whole saga on Pretty Boy from when he came to me etc..... you'll see in my case what I wanted for him was to be in a good home. I could not keep him but now that he left the home I found for him (which was the worst home!!) if I can find him I will keep him no matter what. If someone has taken him in all I want to know is that he does have a good home. I thought of that also and on the posters I put up I made sure to put "If Pretty Boy has found a place in your home and hearts please let us know so we can stop searching" So in my case it would work out fine if only I knew.........:^( Now as far as under normal circumstances I think with me it would depend how long it had been... If it was a case of a month maybe two I would probably want my kitty back with me. If it had been 6 months to a year that I stumbled upon his new home I couldn't allow myself to put his new owners under such heartbreak. I guess maybe I would have gotten used to the fact and would be so happy that someone had taken him in and given him love that I couldn't penalize them for that. kim Pretty Boy's Mom th
1740.7	Cat found in Grafton	USMRW2::KSHERMAN	Star Fleet Reserve	`Thu Sep 08 1988 11:58`	10
	Last weekend a friend found a cat lying on Old Westboro Road, in Grafton. Cat had been hit and left for dead my some unfeeling asshole, but was just banged-up and had a dislocated hip. Cat is doing fine at friend's now and vet has relocated hip. If anyone lost a cat in this area recently, drop me a note. KBS
1740.8		CIRCUS::KOLLING	Karen, Sweetie, & Holly; in Calif.	`Thu Sep 08 1988 14:45`	2
	How about a description?
1740.9	"GIZMO" LOST	CLBMED::MMCLAUGHLIN		`Thu Sep 15 1988 15:04`	9
	I LET MY CAT OUT ON A FRIDAY NIGHT LABOR DAY WEEKEND AND HE NEVER RETURNED. GIZMO IS A GRAY AND WHITE LONG HAIRED MALE NEUTERED CAT. HE HAD BEEN DECLAWED BECAUSE HE WAS AN INDOOR CAT. HE HAS BEEN GOING OUT THIS PAST YEAR SINCE WE MOVED INTO A HOUSE AND LOVES TO HUNT. WE LIVE IN SHREWBURY IN THE FLORAL ST NEIGHBORHOOD. IF ANYONE HAS FOUND A CAT THAT MATCHES THIS DESCRIPTION PLEASE LET ME KNOW.