Twice I have tried to inform Yelp! of Haywood County's Animal Services new address, but to no avail. The shelter is new and improved and updated and all that; just Google it if you want the new address.
Several months ago, my neighbor had an incident with an aggressive cat. You can actually see a photo of this black cat in my review for "Lend Us Your Ear". Which is ironic, an adjective that you will agree with if you keep reading this review.
Animal Control tried to trap the cat, but were unsuccessful. I am not sure how long the cages were out. The cat left...
...only to reappear about a week later. We arrived home to the demon-cat fighting with Tom, a feral that we care for. We could not get the demon-cat to retreat. Not even a solid, sunny Little Tikes chair being thrown at him would cause him to get out of Dodge, or even dodge. The fighting continued until my husband picked up a large rock and I lost my mind. Not wanting to test human rage, Demon left. Tom stayed. He loves to eat. (I recently compared Tom to a stodgy, English farmer.)
I called up Animal Control the next day. I told a woman about Demon. I explained to her that this cat is a psychopath; I stated the incident that had occurred with my neighbor. I fully expected the cavalry to arrive, armed with lassoes, tuna, and cages.
I was very surprised when the woman told me to call "Lend Us Your Ear" to try to catch Demon. I am familiar with "Lend", and know that they are terrific people doing terrific things.
I asked the woman if it would be dangerous for the Lend workers to try to catch Demon. And, needless to say, that is not Lend's job, plus, does Lend even have the resources that the county has? The county are the professional animal catchers, not Lend! Lend is actually trying to unburden the county with feral cats, thus saving the county money and maybe even increasing the budget so that another animal shelter employee can be hired.
I was in such shock, and still am. I don't even remember the woman's reply. I wish I had told her that children reside in the area, and that my daughter had even once petted Demon when he was only half-evil.
If you go to Haywood County's animal services website, you will see that it has no links to Lend's site. It has links to other local organizations, but there are no shout-outs to Lend. Weird, right?
A few weeks later, I believe that I saw Demon retreating behind a row of trees, presumably going back to the hell from which he spawned. I have not seen him since. read more
