Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]He is the king/queen of its domain in that great pic! (I am told some cats are boy cats) It strikes me that a Barn kitty is in kitty heaven before it even dies. After it dies what then? More fun? A better Kitty mission? ...keeping rodents away from grain and food storage areas... Well kitty heaven certainly must contain lots of things for a Barn Kitty to do. On an even more important and fun scale. I checked out this: http://www.barncats.org/about.php And in South Carolina Berkeley County PAWS Goose Creek, South Carolina, (843) 207-PAWS, Margurite at (843) 708-0566 As part of the U.S. Barn Cat Programs. On 3/22/13 1:05 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote: > PESO: > > Our wonderful barn cat, Rooster, did not recover from his injuries. When > we got back late last night, Roo was sleeping in the nest box in the > chicken house, as usual, but did not get up to greet us. I just thought he > was sleeping too soundly. This morning he was lying by the hay bales and > it was obvious, in spite of the fact that he was purring loudly, that he > was hurt. I expect he had a run-in with the racoon that has been killing > chickens lately. We called the vet and got a cat carrier, but when we went > back out to the chicken house, Roo was gone. Tom thought that was a good > sign, but he went back out later to look and found Roo dead in front of the > guinea house. > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/145748291 > > He was a good cat. RIP, Rooster. > > Tina -- Mark William Rabiner Photography