Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for November 20, 2019

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    Le'letha Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Beatrix! You tell it, girl! I’m speechless – Bea speaks for me!

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    Le'letha Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Oh, those dejected Goldie ears in Panel 3… They hit me right in the heart. If it weren’t for the last panel, this strip would be too heartbreaking to reread!

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    RAGs  about 5 years ago

    I have often said that cats and dogs are better people than some people I know.

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    BillJackson2  about 5 years ago

    Go Bea!

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    Jungle Empress  about 5 years ago

    Well said, Beatrix!

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    DennisinSeattle  about 5 years ago

    Maybe they went to prison for nefarious crimes. If so, they would still be better than people who just “moved away.”

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    awgiedawgie Premium Member about 5 years ago

    OK… calling it now: Goldie’s people looked and looked for her when they were leaving, but they had a flight to catch, so they had to leave without her. They feel just as terrible as she does, and as soon as possible, they’ll be back to look for her again.

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    Sionyx  about 5 years ago

    Well said, Bea. Managed to say what we’re all thinking without resorting to the language we’d like to use and would wonder where you’d picked it up at your age.

    I’d love to know how the…longer term residents of the Big Pink House are going to take this news. It reflects even worse on the people Goldie used to live with that they live SO CLOSE to a cat rescue and couldn’t even be bothered to take her there.

    Tillie: “…So you can let Goldie know we tracked down those people and horked some hairballs in their shoes.”

    Puck: “Not that they don’t deserve it, but would they even notice? We can’t touch each other and all.”

    Tillie: “One of those weird things, I guess. The people we’ve done it to certainly ACT like they’ve just found unexpected hairballs.”

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    Gent  about 5 years ago

    Well said! Those terrible trash were gross garbage indeed!

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    MrsXandamere  about 5 years ago

    Beatrix pouring some BOILING HOT tea. You tell ’em, girl.

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    catmom1360  about 5 years ago

    Heartbreaking that Beatrix finally finds out the truth. But, when you think of it, she will be better off in the long run. So, out of pain comes joy.

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      about 5 years ago

    Couldn’t have said it better myself, Beatrix.

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    Lady Bri  about 5 years ago

    I love your reasoning, Beatrix. You are one extremely clever kitty. :-)

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    infranscia  about 5 years ago

    With all due respect to the commenters here, even if Goldie’s people weren’t great, I’d still rather not call them mean terms. I can’t help but feel bad for them, regardless of what they may have decided to do.

    Maybe they believed that “setting her free” was a better option than “imprisoning” her at a rescue shelter – it may be an uneducated opinion, but if it were the case, it would still mean good intentions.

    Regardless, I don’t like the slinging around of mean-spirited names, even if they seem fitting for the person(s) they’re aimed toward.

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    shirins Premium Member about 5 years ago

    I predict world wide reporting of inferior screens. Thank you Bea, for providing the angry eyes. You use kinder words than many of us would. Tommy, is your tummy available for rubs later? I need some comfort too once you know Goldie is ok.

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    Ruth Brown  about 5 years ago

    I still think that Goldie wasn’t there at the time of the move. The other neighbor said she’s been getting a lot of calls about her. This is the stuff of Shakespearean tragedy— think “Romeo and Juliet.”

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    dadoctah  about 5 years ago

    Beatrix. The snark is strong with this one.

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    Olive O'Sudden  about 5 years ago

    OMC, her sweet, sad ears in panel 3.♥ :’(

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    bluegirl285  about 5 years ago

    Beatrix has once again proven that living in a bookstore does have its perks.

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    KenseidenXL  about 5 years ago

    People are no damned good.

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    cat19632001  about 5 years ago

    Goldie toe beans!

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    cat19632001  about 5 years ago

    With her little paws on her hips, Beatrix takes no prisoners.

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    asrialfeeple  about 5 years ago

    ONEHUNDREDANDEIGHTY!!!!!!

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    asrialfeeple  about 5 years ago

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    ladykat  about 5 years ago

    Goldie’s poor, sad ears…And as for Beatrix in the last panel, well, “out of the mouths of babes” (I forget the next few words); kittens and children can be brutally honest.

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    tatempleman  about 5 years ago

    I know it’s painful Goldie, but Beatrix is right… and better, happier times are coming, you’ll see!

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    Michael Scott Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Two of my boys are street babies. They were too good for the people who abandoned them. I’m honored to have been chosen.

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    Opus  about 5 years ago

    Thats an awful thing to do.

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    Miss Mina  about 5 years ago

    Out of the mouths of kittens…

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    luandwill  about 5 years ago

    Her little face makes me so sad…

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    Kitty Katz  about 5 years ago

    As Katy Perry says, You are a Firework

    Do you ever feel

    Like a long-lost stray

    Wandering through the town

    Like you’ve lost your way?

    Do you ever feel lost and so alone?

    Not sure where to turn,

    And no place to call home?

    Do you know there are

    Those who do love you?

    They’re looking out for you!

    You just have look around

    And you will find,

    Those who love you so

    Human and feline!

    Goldie, you’re a firework,

    Your friends all know how much you’re worth!

    You’ll make us all go Ah! Ah! Ah!

    As you shine just like a shooting star!

    Goldie, you’re a firework,

    Your friends all know how much you’re worth!

    You don’t have to go, you know,

    Cause your friends, they all love you so!

    Mew, mew, mew!

    Your cat friends all love you too-ooh-ooh

    Their love is coming through-ooh-ooh

    And your dreams are coming true-ooh-ooh!

    Goldie, you’re a firework,

    Your friends all know how much you’re worth!

    You don’t have to go, you know,

    Cause your friends, they all love you so!

    Mew, mew, mew!

    Your cat friends all love you too-ooh-ooh (fade to the end)

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    Megan.naughton Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Preach Beatrix!

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    SusieB  about 5 years ago

    Little Bea has big wisdom.

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    golfgranny47  about 5 years ago

    Panel 3 put tears in my eyes. :(

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    WelshRat Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Bea puts a smile back on Goldie’s face. Clever kitten!

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    musikmsg  about 5 years ago

    I hate reading story lines like this because sad, lonely animals make me SO SAD.

    That being said, I know this has a happy ending. Keep up the good work, Georgia!

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Being abandoned is the worst hurt.

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    Lee Hauser Premium Member about 5 years ago

    All the feels, I tell ya. All the feels.

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    piwismom  about 5 years ago

    Sudden blurry screen here. :-( Beatrix, however, is very wise for being so young. Goldie’s People were indeed garbage!

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    Sabrina17  about 5 years ago

    Oh Georgia, you made me cry….again.

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    azevedan  about 5 years ago

    bawling

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    kit  about 5 years ago

    please, no more heartbreak.

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    SunflowerGirl100  about 5 years ago

    To help understand the possible attitude of Goldie’s people (besides the fact they are unfeeling jerks) is to remember the Fifties. We had a cat who provided two litters of kittens which we enjoyed and then did the Free To a Good Home outside a supermarket. As a child, I never thought about it because it was the norm. Spay and neuter were not even part of the vocabulary.

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    bonita.eley  about 5 years ago

    This is a fantastic comic!!! So true!!

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    Batteries  about 5 years ago

    Wow! Now I REALLY hope Goldie’s former people read this!

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    SunflowerGirl100  about 5 years ago

    There’s an old movie that says it all for the attitude. Panic in the Year Zero – really stupid movie. Family out for a drive with the dog sees the mushroom clouds over the city and realizes WWIII had happened. First thing the father does is stop the car and push the family dog out. He tells his family “It’s us or the dog.” And he’s the good guy, the hero of the movie. Ironically, they soon run into bad guys where having a large, protective dog would be helpful. The movie never comments on that fact. It simply makes it clear that a pet is like a stuffed toy. To be enjoyed when things go well but gotten rid of if necessary. At least, remembering that is a reminder that we as a society have really made progress in regards to animals but also there are still those with that older mindset

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    scyphi26  about 5 years ago

    I just want to point out that maybe her owners didn’t take her with was because they couldn’t, e.g. the new place didn’t allow pets or something. Not saying just leaving the cat outside and abandoning it was the right choice in that sort of situation (it’s definitely not), but they may not have known there were better solutions available to them for such situations—I’ve encountered pet owners that were like that who were otherwise perfectly well-intentioned…just not properly educated on their options.

    Basically, I want more evidence on just what happened before ruling whether they were garbage exactly or not.

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    rikkiTikki Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Since this seems to be a true story I wonder if Goldie’s ex family is seeing this and having any feelings of how terrible they are?

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    Code the Enforcer  about 5 years ago

    Some years ago, for one abysmal summer in between college semesters, I was in the need for money badly and had to work for the local county (meaning municipal type) animal shelter, selling – yes – dog licenses door-to-door. While my work partner and I had to wear a shirt and a (plastic) badge, we had no real authority, although the licensing of dogs was required by local ordinance.

    I saw how humanity can really be in up-close, in-your-face action. Some folks were really nice and glad to pay for a license ($8 per animal per year was all), while others begrudgingly did with more than some grumbling at times. … A few were near violent, refusing to pay or denying they had a dog. We had to call the police on one individual.

    But the worst of it, and with slight fortune that it was a rare occurrence, was that we would witness animals that were being neglected or abused. Rail-thin starving, ate up with mange, I saw it. We would report back to the office, and only in the extreme cases, the dog warden or his staff would respond. But all the reports, and there were many, we filed about folks who refused to pay, were belligerent, etc., were thrown in the trash by the dog warden himself, saying, “We just don’t have the time!” …

    It was a revenue-generator for the county, and that’s ALL it was! I left it most disgusted… :(

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    bookworm0812  about 5 years ago

    This is making me cry.

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    Lara Smith  about 5 years ago

    Love it.

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    JLChi  about 5 years ago

    Best BCN ever. Exactly how I feel about people who abandon their furred/feathered/scaled family members.

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    One Serious Cat  about 5 years ago

    Indignant Beatrix! Hands on hips! Best snap ever!

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    One Serious Cat  about 5 years ago

    Remarkable how Georgia tells a whole story arc in 4 panels without words – just with Goldie’s ears!

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    Sakura Tomoe  about 5 years ago

    Dammit, third panel straight up made me cry.

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    Lauren Kramer  about 5 years ago

    Baby girl you tell her! Goldie is worth so much more than those lowlifes who dumped her.

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    James Noury Premium Member about 5 years ago

    So sad.

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    jwarrenphd  about 5 years ago

    Good for you Beatrix!

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    Cassia  about 5 years ago

    “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth.” – Buddha

    Tommy and Bea provide the sunshine (and Bea a little shade, too, lol).

    And when the complete truth is finally unhidden, we’ll know who to moon!

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    willie_mctell  about 5 years ago

    Panel 3, ears in the down position.

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    scaeva Premium Member about 5 years ago

    The only bad thing about this arc is knowing in advance that it would end well. I miss most of the “blurry screen syndrome” that people report. Today, however, was a little different. Screen didn’t get blurry, but I have a warm feeling inside. Looking forward to seeing Goldie’s interactions with the boys. I wish I could meet them all, personally.

    However, my fellows will do. (((8^D))) (Very happy!)

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    Sue Ellen  about 5 years ago

    Goldie, my love, you may not realize it yet, but Tommy and Beatrix have just led you to The Door Into Summer!

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    nycatlady  about 5 years ago

    People who abandon pets are scum

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    noaishte Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Several years ago, in the process of moving from Texas to Arizona, I had to leave behind 4 of my 5 cats. I left them in the excellent care of my mother, who took care of them along with her 3 cats, but my boys didn’t realize that I hadn’t abandoned them.

    Seeing Goldie’s face in panel 3 just makes my heart ache. I know the 16 months my boys and I were apart was hard on all of us, but I bet my boys wore Goldie’s face often during that time. Even though Gramamma took such good care of them, it’s not the same as having momma and poppa there.

    Like Goldie’s story, this one has a happy ending too – a year ago, our house was completed, and we were reunited, and I’m never going to be parted from my crew for so long again, not for anything. My mom lives with us too, so they didn’t lose their connection with Gramamma, who visits them every day, but now they have momma and poppa AND gramamma, which is just about as good as it gets.

    But seeing Goldie’s little face makes me think of how hard it must have been on them. The only one who liked the time apart was Barnaby, who got to be the only-est kitty with momma and poppa for those 16 months. He was NOT pleased to be reunited with his adopted brothers, and even a year later, they’re not too pleased with him (since he wasn’t forced to ensure the separation as they were).

    But this whole arc makes me feel….not guilty. But sorry that circumstances were such that my boys probably thought I’d abandoned them. 16 months is a long time, and I did leave them behind on purpose, albeit in good hands. I’d have taken them with me if I could have, but….I couldn’t. So I took my eldest, Barnaby, and left the others in my mom’s capable care. Leaving them behind was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. But thankfully it’s behind us now, we’re all together again, and I am grateful for every moment I get to share with my crew.

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    Mx Crazy Cat Person  about 5 years ago

    Finally we get to see the feline emotional side of abandoned cats and how it affects them.

    Also, Go Bea!!!!!!! Only the best logic and reasoning has been used.

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    anne o  about 5 years ago

    About seven years ago a woman who was my supervisor’s wife told a story at a dinner party that when she and her husband moved the last time she placed their old cat with friends in another town. The cat ran off. The woman had to return a few weeks later to her previous house to get something and the cat was there, hungry and waiting. She got what she was after and drove off and left the cat a second time. I still get so mad thinking about this I can hardly talk. I never spoke to her again after that. I don’t think she noticed at all. Garbage is right.

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    knight1192a  about 5 years ago

    No Beatrix, they weren’t garbage. Garbage is WAAAAAYYYYYY too nice a term for the kind of scum they were to leave poor Goldie like that. But you have the right line of thought there.

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    amireal  about 5 years ago

    Woah, tell us how you REALLY feel about that type of owner! (Agreed but damn that’s some burn.)

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    jennifer.usher  about 5 years ago

    The third frame is literally heartbreaking. But I am glad to see her smile in the last. When my beloved Caramel went missing, I was devastated. I literally wound up in need of serious help. And after two weeks, she was found, and because she was chipped, returned to me. I would never abandon her.

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    Le'letha Premium Member about 5 years ago

    GUYS GUYS GUYS! Calendar news on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/p/B5GXzJupTQl/?utm_source=ig_web_options_share_sheet

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    TammyHarris-Dearhouse Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Ooh, Beatrix’s inner tiger coming out hard! You tell her kid! Love it! These strips are kicking me right in the feels with steel-toe boots! I am SOOOOO looking forward to seeing Goldie get taken into her new loving furever home!

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    Jayneknox  about 5 years ago

    I want to hug Goldie and ruffle Beatrix behind the ears like I did with my “mischievous good kitties.”

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    arolarson Premium Member about 5 years ago

    And also on Facebook, Georgia is having another originals sale, Nov 25, 12 noon Pacific time, on Etsy. Details coming. Last year I was so excited to actually score a 5×7; more exciting than even the last few seconds of a hotly contested eBay auction. I could not believe how fast everything was snapped up. This year we had so much unexpected home repair work that I can’t possibly even try but it will be fun to drop into her fb to see what will be on offer. Good Luck to everyone does who try to score one!

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    Alicelth Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Goldie’s expression in panel three is just heartbreaking. But isn’t Bea just the most wonderful darling being so vehement in panel four – and it even gets a kind of half-wry smile from Goldie. Like to hug them both.

    Something’s been nagging at me to ‘fess up to the Orb. See I haven’t got a cat – haven’t had one since Fluffy many years ago. Her story – Fluffy was one of a number of cats that a lady had. But the lady developed a disease – think cancer – and had to give away all her cats or take them to the local shelter – they weren’t a no kill shelter either. So I went with a friend, not thinking of really adopting, but after seeing the lady and hearing her story, I decided to try to adopt Fluffy – a older kitty, long-haired, grey and white with green eyes. She was ok. First night she got into the unused fireplace in my apartment and got pretty “ashy.” Had to give Fluffy a bath. Over the next few weeks, I’d care for her and pet her and bought a few toys. But I didn’t feel that I was really bonding with Fluffy. Not sure Fluffy was either to be honest. So I decided I couldn’t keep her – but I DIDN’T take her to the shelter. Put an advert in the local newspaper – free kitty to a good home. Got several phone calls – most I didn’t quite care for really. But then an older lady called. She and her daughter had recently lost their cat and was interested. I invited them over after talking with them on the phone. Well turns out they liked Fluffy a lot and wanted her. I was glad and relieved – and sad and feeling guilty. They asked why I wanted to give Fluffy away and well instead of saying we weren’t bonding, I said I didn’t have time for Fluffy and was thinking of going back to college (which I was and did). So ended up they took Fluffy. Heard from the mother several weeks later and they said that Fluffy had adapted and was really happy in her new home and they loved her. Sure was glad to hear that – but kind of still felt rather guilty (more)

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    Diana Gregory Premium Member about 5 years ago

    So true. Perfect.

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    ValerieRidgelyQuackenbush  about 5 years ago

    This is a heartbreaker. People s**k sometimes.

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    cha0ss Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Preach it, little sister.

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    astriddt  about 5 years ago

    Probably nobody reads that anymore after hundreds of comments…But I have 2 stories…1) The humans of Precious (mom) and Zena (daughter) were evicted (couldn’t/didn’t pay their rent) – they asked us to keep them in our backyard, they’d be back to pick them up… never happened… (I don’t know why, don’t want to judge)2) After having a stray cat for a month around a house, feeding her once in a while, posting her photo on 3 or 4 FB local “lost/found” groups, I let her in, she came in and ate, used litter box as if this is natural: clearly NOT a feral… brought her to the vet (who estimated her around 1y old), she had not been fixed, we fixed her… now, she thinks this is her home… 3) 2 dogs had been around the period that Gracie (the cat of #2) was around, wonderful rescuers took care of these wonderful dogs.. adn the rumour was, that these dogs came from a house which was raided and all humans jailed… I do not know if this is true, and maybe, Gracie came from the same house? I would like she told me her story=> “Goldies” are numerous…

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    vlbrown Premium Member about 5 years ago

    snifff

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    Ilexquigley  about 5 years ago

    Ohhhhh, Goldie. I can hear your voice in my head. You sweet, sweet girl. And YAY Beatrix! You tell her!

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    KLN  almost 5 years ago

    That third panel just broke my heart…. <3

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    ERROR!  about 3 years ago

    Beatrix! Amen. Just-AMEN LIL SISTA!!!!!

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    Fennec! at the Disco  10 months ago

    I love Goldie’s question mark tail in the first panel.

    Oh, and Beatrix nailed it!

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    Felicity-the-cat  4 months ago

    I hate people who do things like that. We always moved our cats and dogs with us, from Rhode Island to Maine to Maryland to Florida and then to Michigan (I grew up in a Coast Guard family), and then from Spain to Maryland then California then back to Spain and then to Maryland (married into the Navy). Abandoning our pets was never even considered as an option, any more than abandoning a human child would be.

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