Sidewalk Kill

[shanmonster]

Oh yes, before I forget....

As I went walking tonight, I saw a cardboard box on the sidewalk. I noticed an orange cat lying in it as I passed, but something seemed odd. The cat didn't move at all. "Kitty?" I said.

Nothing.

I nudged the box with my foot.

Nothing.

The cat was quite dead.

Who puts a dead cat in an open box by the street? Wouldn't they at least wrap it in plastic or something? Unless it climbed in there and died, which I doubt....

Comments

[fourcorners.livejournal.com]

Awww, kitty

That happened near me once. The neighbor's cat was hit by a car, and someone saw the dead feline, didn't know who it belonged to, and dragged the cat out of the street and safely into a box, where the owner would probably stumble across it

You always have such unusual animal sightings

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

The cat looked like a young one, too. It was a sleek, orange tabby.

I'm nearly always sadder when I see a dead domesticated animal than a dead wild one, because there's so very often a person or five who'll miss their pet.

But I was very sad the time I saw a roadkill bear cub.

[fourcorners.livejournal.com]

A cub? That is so sad. Poor animals. It's not their fault there's so many cars between them and their food