Cats
An injured kitten showed up in our back yard last night. She was hobbling badly but very friendly and not wearing any sort of collar, so my housemate took her inside and we fed her and petted her and this morning took her to the cat rescue agency in town.
Turns out she has a broken pelvis. Poor thing. We've put up 'lost cat' signs in the neighborhood, but no word. She visited us a few weeks ago and had a collar on, so if she's been abandoned, it's recent. The thought that someone might abandon an injured cat makes me so angry. Whoever did this better hope they don't meet me. Lucky for them, my axe is broken.
We are working on finding her a foster home where she can heal and be put up for adoption. I wish it could be my house, y'all. I worry about her pelvis and whether that will impact her ability to be adopted.
The other neighborhood abandoned cat, who we call Cat Stevens, was very jealous last night that the kitten got to come inside. We think he was recently abandoned, as he's friendly and doesn't behave like a stray but has no ownership collar and is rather thin. None of the neighbors claim him. I worry about him, too.