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Paisan and his stories.....

Getting old means you get pampered.

Hey everyone! Paisan here. I am now a very proud 15 years old. Mom relocated me to a comfy cat apartment. (aka dog kennel). Its so cool. I have MY OWN food and water bowls, bed(s) and litter box. The maid service is awesome, and I love the room service. I have full view of everything that goes on, and a couple of times a day, mom takes my old self out of the apartment and snuggles with me. I was getting beat up by Whiskers so mom put me in a safe place where I could be alone. I always wanted my own room and now I have one. I am very happy with this situation. I can relax and have no worries. All is good.

My Kansas City cousin Smokey.

I was thinking about my cousin, Smokey. He lived in Kansas City. It was pretty awesome where he lived. Lots of trees and free space to play in. All the kids knew him. He was much loved and he was crazy about snow. It's like the cold never bothered him. But he sure did love cuddling. I like it right here in warm and sunny California.

But, the reason I wanted to write about Smokey is because he is at the bridge way too soon. Can I tell you his story? It is not a happy ending. I am sorry, but I feel it is a story that must be heard.

Smokey's human had been noticing that his neighbor's pets-mostly cats had been turning up missing. The neighbors started investigating, and they found out that the corner house had cat hater humans. They set out lots of traps at night to catch all the cats. Then, they would turn them in to animal control.

How stupid.

One night, Smokey-who happened to be a pretty savvy dude got into a tussle with another neighborhood cat. Unwittingly, Smokey ran into the trap. The other cat who was chasing him also made it inside the trap. They were both in the trap, fighting. Smokey did not win. The other cat eventually died too.

Smokey's human was furious. He called the police and animal control. He reported the people with the traps. The police cited them for animal cruelty and the animal control took all the traps, broke them up and threw them inside the truck. They took all the traps away from these people.

They bought more traps.

Smokey's human worked nights. One night, on the way to work, he saw the traps set out again. He called the police. The traps were taken away and the people were told if they trapped one more animal, even if it was a squirrel, they would go to jail.

Guess they did not want to go to jail. They did not set out any more traps. There are not many neighborhood cats left. What those people did was wrong. These cats were not strays. They lived in a neighborhood where it was ok to run the street. Its a quiet neighborhood.

Animal cruelty is bad. Smokey should not have died the horrible way that he did. He is now a handsome angel and no one can ever hurt him again.

Looking back on my almost 15 years......

No, don't panic! I am not going anywhere....I just wanted to reflect on some things in my life. After all, I have been on this earth for 15 years. I came into this world to a mama who would soon abandon me. Meowmie said that my fur mama did not leave me on purrpose. Meowmie found hungry little me when I was 3 weeks old. She took me to the vet the same day she found me. The vet said to take me back to my mama. Meowmie said that Paisan does not have a fur mama. I was too little for shots. Meowmie bought me some baby food and I went to my new home. I have lived all of my life with Meowmie. My first fur-brother was Buddy. He was 8 years older than me. He taught me cool stuff. Then, meowmie started to rescue other cats. My closest friend was Chasie...she just went to the bridge not too long ago. I have seen so many kittens born, grow up and find new homes. I love kittens. Well, I am quite a bit older now, but I love to play with Bella. She is the only cat I will play with. Meowmie trained me to walk on a leash when I was a kitten because I thought I was a dog. (Meowmie had 2 small dogs, and I thought I was one of them). She would take me for walks with the dogs. I have lived a crazy life and would not trade any of it. I have been pampered, loved, and treated like a king. My life is pawsome!