Peace_Of_Mind

Hugs to you Peace_Of_Mind and good on you for trying to help this cat. Thanks k9angel for the hugs...I certainly needed some hugs today. From the minute I got up this morning the day was just a bummer...hopefully my day tomorrow will be more relaxing and no stress.

I tried my best Erny, she was a total cow. I was gonna tell her that when I rang on the weekend and spoke to another chap (nice chap) he was going to bring out a trap, but she had locked them up...go figure. I didn't want to say anything to her about this conversation I had because it might get him into trouble. Anyway he was willing to come out and give us a trap and it it went missing he would fit the bill....now he was a nice guy but he was not in today as he has worked the weekend....I think if he was in he would have still snuck one out for me. Oh and whilst I was on the phone I was advised that the City of Boroondara had no curfew for cats which I thought we did have and I said, well alot of municipalities have so what are waiting for?

Thanks Maverick for the information. I will make a note of it should i require it in the future. My neighbour's son is going to go and get a trap tomorrow from the City of Boroondara and pay for it. Thank you again :)

Thanks for your advice dasha :)

No I don't think so.

Oh it has been so frustrating...when I finish work I think I will go and have a good cry. I will check out the website you suggested as well. Thanks so much.

Thank you for your reply and advice. I will try a local vet and see how I go. Thanks

Hi there, I am not sure if I am posting in the right place but I have situation where I am hoping I can get some advice. I live in a block of units of 8 and one of my neighbours loves cats and dogs (as do I). In the past few weeks or so a ginger cat has been appearing on her balcony and she has started feeding it (wrong I know). It comes every night, never comes in the day time as it waits till it is dark. I spotted it myself one night but I didn't approach it. Anyway my neighbour is elderly and her english is not that great but she has told me that the cat has a injured leg, so much so that it leaves blood on her balcony. She would like to take it to the vet but the cat doesn't like being picked up. I asked her if it has a collar and she said NO, so we tend to believe it is a stray. As of Saturday I have rung my Council, City of Boroondara (Victoria) who are absolutely hopeless. They referred me to the RSPCA and they referred me back to the City of Boroondara. I also rang the Animal Emergency Centre which they also referred me to the RSPCA. Anyway bottom line is no one wants to help. I asked the City of Boroondara to bring a trap so as we can catch the cat, but they want the elderly lady to fork out $46 fee. This woman is on a pension and cannot afford it. I would love to help but this weekend alone I spent close to $100 on another charitable event. I thought the RSPCA to some extent would help capture an injured animal if only they left us a trap - I was told they only do that for the City of Monash. WTF.... I tried to ring the Cat Protection Society today but unfortunately just missed them. Can anyone suggest what I should do now???? I have been in tears for part of the day because of all the ringing around and getting nowhere and getting one thing said by one person and another thing another person....it is just driving me nuts.

What a terrible thing to happen. I also hope it was quick and they did not suffer

Ditto - just reading your post scared me. Have you reported it to the police?

I am so sorry for your loss RIP Mitzi

Sorry for your loss – you had 21 plus years with her and what a wonderful life she must have had being loved by you. May she RIP

My next door has a little dog that constantly barks. As we have known each other for years, I feel comfotable enough to just tell her that her dog is barking and annoying the crap out of me. She apologises etc., and a few weeks later it starts again. Recently her dog was barking two nights in a row between 8 - 9 pm so I just texted her and said "We are sick of your dog barking (meaning I was speaking on behalf of other neighbours) please take her inside. Well I haven't heard her dog bark since. I used to also just yell over the fence to the dog, use it name and stay STOP IT (dog's name), damn thing would stop for a while and then start. However, the dog she had before used to listen to me, was a very obedient dog and the one time it was was barking out of control I knew something must have been wrong, so I rang her on her mobile and she wasn't near home at all, so she sent her sister around to see what was going on. I know she tries her best to stop her dog from barking, but what annoys me if the dog is barking in the middle of the night she is bloody louder than the dog and I hold myself back from yelling at her and staying SHUT THE f*** UP.

Oh how terrible for those poor dogs to die such a painful death. I hope with the $10,000 reward some greedy bastard who knows who did it will come forth and I hope the bastards just rot in freaking hell. These kind of stories make me so mad

Great idea - I would be installing a camera to catch the bastards