We Found Our Kittens Alive!!

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. BUT THE KITTENS HAVE BEEN FOUND ALIVE AND BACK AT OUR HOME!!!

Helpful hints from my detective neighbor with nearly 30 year experience, a police investigator who is a member of our rescue group helped to track down and find our kittens ALIVE and well.

Half of our members thought the kittens were dead and we were trying to find a witness who may have found their body. Five or six of the ladies just refused to believe that the kittens were dead. They canvassed every single area where the crazy woman said she had dumped their bodies.

One of them did a search on local web sites and craigslist and she found a person selling our kittens for $25.00 each.

Yesterday afternoon, two of the ladies went to the house, confirmed their micro-chip ID, gotten the details of how she came to the kittens... She was given the $500.00 reward.

The two kittens are quite a bit more aggressive now but I think we can work to get them back to being the sweet kittens they were before the ordeal.


Some great news for a change. And such rare event to recover lost animals.

As a footnote, not only is one of our member's husband is a lawyer, one of our member herself is a lawyer. We are going ahead with filing a civil suit and going after for criminal prosecution. We have to lean on our local PD but that is what they are doing. Between the lawyers in our group, a police investigator for the DAs office, I hope it happens so that the crazy woman will be stopped. She needs psychiatric help. And I really have to thank my neighbor for his insight into locating the kittens.

SOME GREAT NEWS FOR A CHANGE!!

Well, we are not showing our kittens this week. We need to let our emotional well being back together first.

We will be putting together a guidelines on how to avoid bad adoption.

some of the thoughts:

kittens and puppies will have a one week waiting period.
first time owners will be limited to full grown animal. (too many returns after 6 month to a year on kittens and puppies)
If any member of the rescue group feels unsure then no adoption.
watch family dynamic mom-dad-child. if parents are not really into it then no adoption.
The adopting family must have already purchased the litterbox, cat litter, food. We will not hand over the kittens until they have all the necessary items for care of the cats.
we already have a home check in place.
followup within one week after adoption.

So to all you ladies who work with rescue group, if you would like a copy of our guideline, please let me know. I will forward them to you when we are finished with the document.

And thank you all for your heartpouring support for us.

YAY!!!! This is so wonderful to hear. As my avatar shows, I'm a bit of a cat person (love dogs too, just more difficult for me to have one). My little boy is dying of cancer and I am doing everything I can for him to keep him happy and comfortable. So I just couldn't fathom someone mistreating kitties, or any animals of course.

So glad you found them and they are safe and sound!

This story raised goosebumps of both horror of the deed and valor of steadfast rescuers! What a wonderful outcome to something that could have been disastrous had you and your group not been so adamant and dedicated. I'm thrilled for you and the kittens!

That's fantastic news! I am so happy for you and the kitties.

Veronica

Unbelievable. How wonderful to have a happy outcome!

What fantastic news :)

that's great news!! glad no harm had come to them!

I know that at the SPCA they have a 72 hour "waiting" period after you apply to adopt. One, to screen out the applicants, and two, to make sure they don't change their minds.

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Aren't microchips wonderful? So happy you could prove they were your kittens, and recover them.

YAY!!!!!

what wonderful news!

What a bizarre story! And so glad it has a happy and amazing ending!

Mary- that dancing kitten is giving me a HEADACHE!!!! Brain hurting, make it stop!!!! :eek: :D

I dance in the same style :D

I am so happy for you! this is so wonderful! I am holding Zen's hand and dancing with her!

wow.
What a relief to hear about a happy ending.

Hey SC. Looks like you've gone through a lot with a happy ending.

I'm trying to understand the sequence:
- the woman adopted the kittens
- then dumped them somewhere?
- someone found them and advertised them for sale?
- ya'll found them?

If this is it, it's only because of your group's effort that they were found. This is a needle in a haystack outcome!

I'm not a pet person for health reasons, but I can't understand any reason why that woman would do what she did. It seems that she went to alot of trouble with no evident gain...and it's clear the grief she caused you.

What a happy ending!!! I just went back and read the original thread. I'm so sorry I didn't reply then -- I thought it was just pics of two adorable, happy foster kiddies! Glad that's what it turned out to be!

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Originally Posted by Mr. Silver

- the woman adopted the kittens
- then dumped them somewhere?
- someone found them and advertised them for sale?
- ya'll found them?
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Yes! she came in and wanted the kittens. And she wanted them that day. The ladies who interviewed her thought she was bit odd but nothing out of the ordinary. She wanted the grey kitten because (long and convincing story, mostly all lies).

My partner and I checked her home later in the day and really didn't interview her because we were given a glowing report. Then we handed over the two kittens.

Far as we could tell, she dumped the kittens after three days. She says she was too embarassed to return them to us. She could have and she would have gotten her adoption fee back and everyone would have been okay.

When we realized what had happened, we start piecing her story together with the help of my detective neighbor and started the search.

Yesterday, one of the ladies found a woman advertising the kittens for sale on Craigslist. Her neighbor had found the kittens.

And last night we recovered our kittens and gotten statements from the woman who was selling the kittens. I think someone is going to the person who originally found the kittens and get his statement.

This kind of outcome is really rare!! And the kittens seems to be calming down and not so agressive in just half a day. :) After what they have gone through, I want to keep them. :rolleyes: This is the reason why we have so soo many cats.

I wanted a happy ending and let everyone know that it turned out okay. And it did.

Thank you for all for supporting me emotionally, it means a lot.

Smilingcat

So glad this turned out well for you and the kitties. I hope you can get that woman some help or prosecution, whichever is appropriate.

What a great way to start a Monday! I'm so glad they're alive and generally unharmed. Go after that psycho with everything you've got!

So Happy to hear the kitties were found, and are now safe and warm :D

Hopefully they aren't too worse for the wear, and will settle down. It probably helps that they're back to a place they remember as being safe with food, water, and love provided daily. May their next forever-home be the right one.

I'm soooo happy you were able to get them back. After what you and they have been through I hope you do get to keep them. It's good that they're back in a home where they know that they're loved.

I'm so glad you found your kitties and have the knowledge and connections to make it at least legally uncomfortable for this woman.
As I type this I have a kitty sitting on my lap purring.

What a crazy story, but YAY for the outcome! :) :) :)

I'm gonna give my kitties a special nuzzle tonight :) You got your kitties back :) :) :)

That is such wonderful news!! Yay for the kitties and their foster moms!!

I'm so glad the kittens are safe and sound! I'm glad you have plenty of support and smart people around to help out.

Just curious -- what criminal charges would the woman face?

Pam

I missed the original thread too - so glad that you got the kitties back - what an amazing outcome - hooray for you and your dedicated group!! Hugs and happy dance for you!!

Wow! What incredible dedication from you and your group. I'm glad you found them alive, and it sounds like they will recover fully from their ordeal.

That's incredible! Glad you found them. :)

I don't get on here much lately, but I have been following this story. I am so very pleased that your kitties are alive and well!!!!

We always insist on some additional things involving adoptions, and preopective adopters are required to sign each caluse in the presence of their witness, and ours:

- a one-week waiting period from the time they apply until the time we start the proceedings,

- written into our adoption contract is a clause that requires the new owner prove to our satisfaction that the adopted kittens or cats are well and thriving. This usually takes the form of a home visit by us at 6 months and one year of ownership.

-we also require that if the new owner cannot keep the cats/kittens for any reason whatsoever, the animals must be returned to us.

We also never adopt around Halloween, Christmas, and Easter, for obvious reasons.

So far we have been lucky.