Is there anything worse than Satanists taking your cat?

[lagizma]

Is there a cat fate worse than being stolen by Satanists for rituals?

Yes.

Anitoch, CA resident Julie Atkinson has uncovered tales of over 300 missing cats in her town. The shelter is writing them off to coyote kills, but no bodies or evidence have turned up. Atkinson has created a database of the missing cats and is doing undercover work on

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[blozor]

They fail to take into account that some people might have strictly indoor cats, but cats sometimes find a way to get out of the house anyway.

Ralph was always good at this. When we opened the front door, he would be waiting to appear out of nowhere to run outside. He'd usually dart straight under the car, but if no one chased after him, he'd eventually come back to the door wondering why.

I have no idea how Vixen got out the couple of times that she died. I think she may have transwarp capabilities. She always wanted to go out when it was raining and she'd stick right next to the house and yowl to get back in.

Winter, being an abandoned/runaway/stray himself, has absolutely no inclination to go outside. One time he did happen to follow me outside and as soon as he realized that it wasn't part of the house, immediately ran back in. He knows what a big, bad world it is out there, and he wants no part of it. There are no beds to lay on outside, and you have to work for your food.

[lagizma]

Yeah, indoor cats getting out are especially tough, because they are totally freaked out. They can even be too spooked to approach their owners, if they've been out long enough.

[xterminal]

I am sorry to say that this does not surprise me in the least.

[nodressrehersal]

Self-appointed, above-the-law vigilantes operating under the guise of "good intentions" are scary people. Even scarier when the umbrella of "God" is added.

Just to be clear, a cat living in a house with 49 other cats is better cared for than a cat who gets to go outside sometimes? Have I got it right?

Wait. Maybe you could start a group of people whose only goal is to steal cats from the cat stealers. That could be a plan, don't you think?

[lagizma]

Self-appointed, above-the-law vigilantes operating under the guise of "good intentions" are scary people. Even scarier when the umbrella of "God" is added.

Exactly! I've been telling people at work this when they ask if Satanists took my cat. I'm like, this is worse than Satanists. No one believes there could be anything worse until they hear this story of "well-intentioned" vigilantes.

[lagizma]

Oh, and for the record, this is no where near my house, and I highly doubt anyone around here is organized enough to pull this off. It's just something I came across while going to websites like howtofindyourlostcatasap.com

[antarcticlust]

This is really alarming and disgusting. I can't understand the logic of these people - they claim to be animal lovers!

Another sad thing - often people steal house pets and sell them to animal testing facilities. I'd heard there was a law in Congress to make the purchase of these independently-sold animals illegal, but I don't know if it ever passed.

[gina227]

A friend of mine's mother has, at last count, about 30 or so cats in her house. (They are well fed and cared for, I must say, although it is a fulltime job.) She used to have even more, but she gets a large proportion of calico kittens and she has a pet store that has a high demand and takes them from her. Not too long ago, her daughter convinced her that she HAD TO get rid of some of them before the city raids her house and takes them all. Reluctantly, she agreed, and we set about finding homes for some of them. Of course, NO ONE is good enough to take one of her cats. Seriously, she's like the cat version of Child Protective Services. Any little thing, including her random feelings, are enough for her to decide that a particular person is not a suitable potential cat owner. She rants and raves about people who have outside cats and completely loses her mind whenever one of her cats manages to dart out the door on her, which they do all the time because there are way too many to keep track of. If she weren't so busy taking care of al

[lagizma]

That is so weird, that she's truly not a "great" cat mom just because she has so many, but she still has such standards for everyone else.

[gina227]

The odd thing is, they really are some of the best taken-care of animals I've ever seen. I mean, she constantly bathes them, and gives them their flea treatments, and makes sure everyone gets enough to eat at mealtimes. If you happen to wander over during one of these projects, you get handed a blow-drier or some flea treatment and get dragged into the kitty assembly line. It's all just insane and even somewhat amusing because I don't have to live with it. Robert, of course, is enthralled by the place, he calls it "Kitty City". If he sits down on the couch, he'll be completely covered in cats in 5 minutes, which amuses him to no end. I mean, seriously, he looks like he's wearing a blanket made of cats.