One night in
August of 2009, five cats were left in carriers outside one of the
buildings on the NEADS property in Princeton, MA.
The desperate owner left a note stating her house had been
foreclosed on and she could not afford to keep her cats any longer.
Four of the
cats were safe. One
cat, named Casper, escaped from his carrier and dashed away.
We had no picture of Casper but we made up a flyer and hung
it at all the busy locations in the area.
Then we dropped off the flyer at every house for a mile in
the direction that Casper was last seen running.
The weeks passed.
Our hope of finding Casper dimmed.
Then, one day a
lady called. She saw
our flyer at a local vegetable stand.
There was a white cat that had been eating under her backyard
birdfeeder every night for about a week.
Could this be Casper?
The lady’s house was over 2 miles away.
Still, we set up a have-a-heart trap, baited it with smelly
tuna, and hoped for the best.
The lady promised to be in touch if the mystery cat arrived.
Then the call came. “Did our cat have a black nose?
Yes! After a
month of Casper being on the run, we finally had him. Casper was
back!
Casper has
since been adopted.
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