My cat, bagheera, 4, was hit by a car yesterday and left to die in the road with severe abrasions, broken bones, and a completely broken jaw.
Being a black cat he was targeted twice during these chaotic times. He wouldnt get another chance, this time though. He is my sons first cat and a huge part of our family.. He needed surgery right away to survive but they still needed to do more diagnostics which costs alone $7,700. Then the surgery brought it to $10,000 and we didn't know what to do! I have a 13mo son, unemployed and my girlfriend still cant work for a month. We had to let him go and put him down because he couldnt breathe without wheezing. We spent the bulk of our rent money on bills to allow him to pass.
Please, if you are strapped for cash like I am, all i ask is you share this post (if not here then on social media) to bring attention to this. If you can donate to help, I would appreciate it.. but thats not what im really asking for at this point.
I live in Mays Pond Bothell, wa. If you know any information about who found/hit my cat I NEED to know who it was!
Here is a link with pictures of him with more information as well.
To contact me directly please send info to [email protected]
THANK YOU!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/jbjgg-bagheera039s-surgery?sharetype=teams&member=4937366&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&pc_code=ot_co_dashboard_a&rcid=563bbd8aa6d741be8954634105dd2a15
I’m sorry to hear someone hit your cat. My old cat was poisoned by my neighbor. She is the mother of the local judge and the aunt of a local police officer so nothing could be done about it.
I live in northern Wisconsin where the redneck idea of a fun night out is to swerve and try to run over any animals crossing the roadway. They especially love to hit turtles for some reason.
I had a very special old hound who got scared by a storm and was hit on the highway. I had to put her down myself. It was very difficult.
The president recently signed a new law making it a federal offense to abuse animals. If you find out who it is and it wasn’t an accident, don’t stop until they’re charged. But keep in mind that cats are especially prone to accidents due to their curious and stubborn nature and if the person was driving a truck, they might not even know they hit your cat.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/us/politics/trump-animal-cruelty-bill.html
I feel your pain. I don’t have much to give, but I will transfer the HBD and Hive I do have. I hope your kid has very few memories of the event. It could leave a traumatic footprint in future pet ownership.
Thank you so much for your kind words and im so sorry youve experienced loss this way, too. People who are in a position of power think they can just do whatever they please and its dusgusting. I wish we could find justice for you, as well. I was joking with my friend about being a 1man swat team for pet justice.. but the thought keeps coming to me and i feel theres a lot of people hurting because they wont know who stole their furry baby from them forever.