Cats Matter - Road Safety ... ☺♥

[wolf63]

My cats are indoor cats and will, hopefully, never find themselves taking on vehicles on a road (and losing).

Many local authorities, on finding dead cats on or beside the road merely dispose of the bodies. This often leaves their humans not knowing what became of them.

It is hoped that local authorities will arrange to scan the cats for a microchip and pass on the number so that the humans can be informed about their cat.

This newsletter gives an update of the progress that this cat organisation has made in their quest.

I fully appreciate that many people detest cats, as a cat slave I fully understand that they are a bit like marmite - love them or loathe them. But I also realise that these people can appreciate how losing a family member and never knowing of their demise can be difficult to deal with.

I hope that this link to the newsletter works ☺

https://shoutout.wix.com/so/89MLNRV4k?cid=66415ec9-4bb7-49d6-96ab-cdab60452cf3#/main

[woofgang]

While I understand and sympathise with the concept that councils should scan dead cats and (presumably) inform their owners, I am not sure that it counts as road safety in that it won't make cats any safer and a dead cat will still be dead?

[MallyJ]

The thought of expecting an unrelated human to pick up the maggot ridden body of any dead animal, take it to an approved chip reading place and then still having to dispose of said maggot ridden body is beyond me. I understand the sentiment involved in losing a beloved pet but would seriously prefer to imagine my cat having a lovely time with humans who are feedin her caviar...I certainly don't want her returned to me crushed beyond recognition!

[Old_Geezer]

In fairness if you own one then chances are you love them, but if you have inconsiderate neighbours who let their untrained cat defecate all over your garden, patio, flat roof, pots, path, lawn, everywhere; then naturally you won't be looking favourably at either cat nor owner.

Sounds common sense to scan unknown dead pet anyway though.

[woofgang]

The road cleanup crews have to pick up and dispose of the maggot ridden bodies anyway....all that is missing is access to a scanner which costs around 30 quid....some of them even store the scanned numbers for viewing/downloading later. The bodies will still be disposed of in the same way, all that will happen is that the registered owner will be informed.

[Old_Geezer]

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1031966359360614400
Cat related cute video.