Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Mark. I like to think of Roo in kitty heaven protecting his chickens. I'm sure that's how he died. Tina On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com