I just received a phone call from a manager at a local trailer court. One of their residents bailed 2 months ago and left behind two of her male cats! She has been back and forth in the park visiting “neighbors” and although her cats are living in the abandoned trailer, she has not stopped ONCE to check on them, feed them or do anything with them. When she is asked about what she is doing, she just snarls at the people asking. The manager said the neighbors were feeding them but they have their own cats to deal with so they quit. The cats are literally starving now and this morning, apparently one of the neighbors to this abandoned trailer came out on her porch and was attacked by the gold and white cat! He launched at her and scratched and bit her arms, she said he was trying to get into the house where her cat’s food was by the door. She fended him off and went immediately to the managers. If I don’t come and get these cats, I was told they were going to be dispatched in a miserable way.
The woman who abandoned them had left the back window of the trailer open (about 8 feet from the ground) and the cats were running up the side of the trailer and into the window, but there is no food inside to sustain them.
Ok, so I go over there, and call them to the window, lift each one carefully out of the window and into a waiting carrier. They are bone skinny- oh my God and they are now in the deck enclosure. Are they aggressive? Not as bad as some, not as good as others. I did get scared once, but there is enough food inside the enclosure for 24 hours and perhaps by then, they will settle down. Interestingly as I was carrying them to my car, the woman who owns them drove right by and didn’t even glance our way! The neighbor told me the woman has hooked up with a real scumbag who hates cats- so I think Karma is coming her way.
I will do pictures later of these two, if I live long enough to take them that is! LOL No, they are not that aggressive. They are scared and they are hungry and in cats, sometimes that is a lethal combination.
The poor animals. They will calm down once they know their food supply is regular and there are people who care about them. In a month, they’ll be lap-cats, as long as the laps are yours and Mike’s I’ll bet.
Poor kitties! They must have been desperate. 🙁
MA to the rescue, once again. You are truly a guardian angel to these unwanted and abandoned cats. Kudos to the trailer court manager for contacting you before having them disposed of in some horrible manner. Thanks for all you do!!
I know you’ve mentioned before that there are few options to deal with animal abuse in the area you live in. Obviously that lady who manages the trailer court is a terrible manager though. Not only did she contribute to animal abuse by not trying to help or call an agency for the cats but she as responsible as the negligent owner for harming the neighbor. Lawsuits could happen (ie – neighbor sueing owner, manager, etc.). Since trailer courts are technically a business with owners renting out parcels of land to trailer owners, can you contact the Better Business Bureau and make a complaint?
Probably wouldn’t do much, but maybe the owners would take notice and worry about lawsuits and such and replace the manager? Or put up notices about how animal abuse is against the law and they could be subject to fines? Just a thought.