Tuesday, September 04, 2007

no! really?

good lord so one mama kitty is missing...i don't know what to think...we heard some coyotes in the area about the time she went missing, so that's my guess.

except that she's quick and savvy and used to being out at night...i can't imagine her getting got by those coyotes...

regardless, i'm keeping in touch with the animal shelter and since she's microchipped i called the microchip people too...

so i'm on the phone with the guy reporting the missing mama kitty and he says

"now you know, the microchip is not like a gps...we can't locate her whereabouts with it"

oh good god. really?

you mean you don't have every last microchipped pet on a screen tracking their every move?...you don't have crack teams of pet recovery officers dispatched from unmarked vans to the backyards and parking lots and fields of america?...you mean you can't tell me where my pet is every minute of every day?

i pity the poor person who thought this might be a possibility...and you know they're out there in droves if he feels the need to explain it to me...

at any rate, she isn't here and i hope she comes back...

she's a great cat...slightly troubled, somewhat persnickety and standoffish, and perhaps more part of some other world than this one, but a beloved and sweet cat nonetheless...

x.

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