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Inconvenient pet
Good for John Petric for calling out his friend about abandoning her cat at Griggs Dam (“An inconvenient pet”—April). I was as horrified as he was. People who don’t want to care for a pet 24/7/365 should not have pets. I’m sure there are plenty of kennels that would have been happy to board the pet while she was on vacation.
I don’t know how that woman, and others like her, can live with themselves when they do something like that. If you must give up your pet, try putting it up for adoption or take it to a shelter.
Carolyn Watkins, North Olmsted, Ohio
I am compelled to share a story that cannot possibly justify the inhumane behavior of his “friend’s” choice to abandon the cat, but may ease John Petric’s distress. A very good friend of mine recently lost her mother. One evening, shortly after her death, my friend and her son went to visit her dad. As they were leaving, they heard a faint meow on the porch and found a small cat hiding behind a planter. He was thin and cold, but allowed them to pick him up. My friend knocked on the door and told her dad that he had a visitor. He took the cat in and quickly adopted him.
It comforts my friend to believe that her mom sent the cat to fill in the void. It comforts me to know that for all of the inconsiderate people who have little regard for their pets that there are equally as many people who open their homes and hearts to care for and treat their pets with the love they deserve.
Mary Capoccia, Westerville
