What is the name of your state? Washington - Spokane area!
I found a cat cold and hungry running loose, so we fed it for a few days and fell in love with it, we were going to adopt it but found out it had a micro-chip in it, so in effort to do the "right thing" we surrendered it to the local animal protection agency on October 22, 2007. They gave us the phone number of the owner and we found both numbers disconnected, this humane society, Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service, told us that they'd mail a letter to the owner telling them where their cat was, and we informed them that if they couldn't find the owner that we'd adopt the cat, we'd fallen in love with the cute thing already and badly wanted it, , we'd even purchased things for it, and we'd have given her a great life full of love.
Generally I'm not a cat person, but this was the most affectionate cat I'd ever seen, it'd cuddle up on my chest and rub it's nose all over my face, it really was a wonderful cat. On November 1, 2007 we went back by to check on the cat and were told it been shipped out clear across the state only two days after we'd surrendered it. They said they sent it to a rescue group and it had already been adopted out. Needless to say we were devestated! We'd told these people we wanted the cat if the owner could not be found. I phoned this rescue group and they said they never got the cat at all and suggested I phone SCRAPS back and find out the truth.
This is when the shock really nailed me, I finally got the truth out of SCRAPS on November 2nd, I was told the cat had been euthanized on October 28th, just six days after taking it from us and without ever bothering to contact us back after we'd explicitly told them we wanted the cat if the owner couldn't be found. They didn't even wait for return mail from the letter they said they were going to send out to the owner. In all honesty I doubt that notice was never even sent out.
They destroyed this wonderful and loving cat for no reason what-so-ever even after having been told we'd take it and give it a good home because we alread loved it! How is this right? The agency who originally adopted the cat out to the lady who had it micro-chipped is furious also, they'd have taken the cat back as well! This is no different than someone walking along and shooting a cat out of pure meaness, SCRAPS should in no way have "Protection" in their name. They destroyed this cat with as little emotion as someone stomping on a nasty bug in their kitchen. How could they ever charge anyone else with animal cruelty after doing this themselves? OMG how can this be right?
Is there anything that can be done about this?
Regards,
SnowCajunWhat is the name of your state?
I found a cat cold and hungry running loose, so we fed it for a few days and fell in love with it, we were going to adopt it but found out it had a micro-chip in it, so in effort to do the "right thing" we surrendered it to the local animal protection agency on October 22, 2007. They gave us the phone number of the owner and we found both numbers disconnected, this humane society, Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service, told us that they'd mail a letter to the owner telling them where their cat was, and we informed them that if they couldn't find the owner that we'd adopt the cat, we'd fallen in love with the cute thing already and badly wanted it, , we'd even purchased things for it, and we'd have given her a great life full of love.
Generally I'm not a cat person, but this was the most affectionate cat I'd ever seen, it'd cuddle up on my chest and rub it's nose all over my face, it really was a wonderful cat. On November 1, 2007 we went back by to check on the cat and were told it been shipped out clear across the state only two days after we'd surrendered it. They said they sent it to a rescue group and it had already been adopted out. Needless to say we were devestated! We'd told these people we wanted the cat if the owner could not be found. I phoned this rescue group and they said they never got the cat at all and suggested I phone SCRAPS back and find out the truth.
This is when the shock really nailed me, I finally got the truth out of SCRAPS on November 2nd, I was told the cat had been euthanized on October 28th, just six days after taking it from us and without ever bothering to contact us back after we'd explicitly told them we wanted the cat if the owner couldn't be found. They didn't even wait for return mail from the letter they said they were going to send out to the owner. In all honesty I doubt that notice was never even sent out.
They destroyed this wonderful and loving cat for no reason what-so-ever even after having been told we'd take it and give it a good home because we alread loved it! How is this right? The agency who originally adopted the cat out to the lady who had it micro-chipped is furious also, they'd have taken the cat back as well! This is no different than someone walking along and shooting a cat out of pure meaness, SCRAPS should in no way have "Protection" in their name. They destroyed this cat with as little emotion as someone stomping on a nasty bug in their kitchen. How could they ever charge anyone else with animal cruelty after doing this themselves? OMG how can this be right?
Is there anything that can be done about this?
Regards,
SnowCajunWhat is the name of your state?
