Sad.
Oh yeah, and since this makes me angry, I wanted to post about it for all the Marathon people to read.
Mr. Cling - the principal at the highschool - abandoned his cat. He moved out of town a few months ago I guess, and called the humane society to ask if he could drop off his cat. Linda (the surrender lady) told him she was sorry, but that they already had way too many cats at the shelter and couldn't take any more at the time. Well, he moved, and he left his poor kitty outside alone. Neighbours of his ended up calling a few weeks later, saying they had seen the cat hanging around the house a lot. When Linda found the cat he was super scared (they are sure he was an indoor cat and the Cling's just left him outside in hopes someone would pick him up) and was injured so badly he had to be put to sleep.
How sad is that? And what pisses me off is that Mr. Cling was "respected" in town as the principal of the highschool. I wonder how many people know that he purposely left his poor kitty behind to die?
They estimated the cat to be about 8 years old too - which makes it even sadder. He had that cat for 8 whole years and thought nothing of leaving it behind and forgetting about it?
I really don't get people who move and think that they can't take their animal(s) with them. I've travelled home with a full car and three cats a number of times now - it's not hard! Why do people think they need to get rid of pets when they move? It's such a stupid excuse.
That just pisses me off.