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Conference misery::feline

Title:	Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
Notice:	purrrrr...
Moderator:	JULIET::CORDES_JA

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1079
Total number of notes:	28858

403.0. "Small cat on 495 North" by LEZAH::KARENK () Fri Sep 25 1992 07:05

    I was driving home last night about 3:30. I got onto the 495 North exit
    and noticed a cat on the side of 495. I was merging onto traffic at
    that point and I couldn't stop.
    
    I took the next exit off, turned around and slowed down near the area
    where I saw him. I got out and looked around but couldn't find him.
    
    Has anyone else seen this cat/kitten on 495. I'm assuming some jerk
    dropped him off.  The poor little thing. He was just sitting there
    staring at the traffic. I thought about him all night.
    
    My 2 kitties are safe at home in bed, and this poor little guy is out
    there. If anyone sees him again, let me know. I'll take him if no one
    else wants him.  (My husband will have a fit, but he'll get over it!).
    
    Thanks,
    
    karen

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
403.1		DDIF::JUDY	Picard/Riker '92	`Fri Sep 25 1992 07:22`	11
	karen You don't say what section of 495. But many feliners have seen a kitty or kitties on 495 in the Littleton/Westford area. Seems to be a popular 'dumping' spot for whatever reason. =( JJ
403.2	495 kitty	LEZAH::KARENK		`Fri Sep 25 1992 07:29`	9
	Oops, sorry I didn't mention what section of 495. It's been a crazy week. I was taking 495 North off of Rt. 20 in Marlboro. The cat (it was small, could be a kitten) was sitting on the grass right as you merge onto 495 traffic. karen
403.3		JUPITR::KAGNO	Mom to the Wrecking Crew	`Fri Sep 25 1992 08:11`	4
	It also could have been feral and would keep running away as you try to approach it. There are many feral cats in the Marlboro area, so it might not have been dumped there.
403.4		MAGEE::MERRITT	Kitty City	`Fri Sep 25 1992 08:14`	3
	Sigh...does note 403...and 404 sound alike!! SAndy
403.5	Not the same kitty	AKOCOA::LEINONEN		`Fri Sep 25 1992 08:23`	8
	Sandy, I thought of that too - but the kitten I found was in Hudson on Rte 62 - a little too far from the Marlboro/Rte 20 exit. Heidi
403.6		ICS::ANDERSON_M		`Fri Sep 25 1992 08:46`	17
	On my drives in to work, lately, I have noticed more and more cats killed by the side of the road. Is that prevelant this time of year? How sad. I thought of the perfect way to keep pets safe and stop the over-population growth of unwanted kittens and puppies but I don't think it would be well received. It'll probably start World War III ... but it would work. I am so saddened when I see an animal (ANY animal) on the side of the road...it ruins my day. Does make me appreciate Otis more, however. Poor Otis doesn't know what's going on when I come home on those days ... and I kiss him, want to hold him tightly and always keep him in sight! M
403.7	So sad...	ISLNDS::URBAN		`Fri Sep 25 1992 10:11`	11
	It's so sad, but I swear this year I've never seen so many dead animals on the roads. I can't look...it makes me feel like I'm driving a death machine. I'll slow down and stop for any animal/bird. I actually saw someone try to hit a squirrel that was crossing the road, and I saw a pick up go off the road onto the sidewalk to try to hit a cat. I would have gotten this guys license if I hadn't been walking at the time. My kitties stay in where it's safe...they're happy and I don't have to worry about these things. Di & Li & Lu
403.8		SPEZKO::RAWDEN	Imelda needs new boots	`Fri Sep 25 1992 11:17`	3
	I believe Autumn is when there are more animals out prowling in the evenings than any other season. Isn't it something instinctive about prepping for the winter?
403.9		NETWKS::GASKELL		`Fri Sep 25 1992 11:46`	8
	While on vacation, I found a little kitty dead in the road. At least he seemed to have died quickly and without any visible injury. All I could do was pick him up and place him out of the way of other cars. It's bad enough to lose a kitty, the owners didn't need to find it all mangled in the road.