A mysterious box appeared in a parking at Erie Community College campus in Amherst, New York, Friday afternoon. The state police bomb squad responded and took an x-ray of the sealed box, which showed a cat inside! Police turned the cat over to the local SPCA. Gina Browning of the Tonawanda SPCA says the cat is okay.
If found, the persons responsible could be charged with animal cruelty. Even Erwin Schrödinger never wanted to try his famous thought experiment on a real cat. Link -via Arbroath
"The cat was not malnourished, not dehydrated, didn't need any kind of veterinary care. So, it had a happy ending. What concerns me is the people capable of doing this might be capable of doing something worse," Browning said.
Just who would put a cat in a taped up box and leave it in a parking lot remains a mystery at this point.
Capt. Camilleri said, "Right now it doesn't appear there's really much to follow up on. It didn't have any identification on the box or anything like that."
The upside to this is that the cat, named "Truffle," is fine, healthy and back with her owner. Tracking down the person responsible is unlikely, if not impossible.
If found, the persons responsible could be charged with animal cruelty. Even Erwin Schrödinger never wanted to try his famous thought experiment on a real cat. Link -via Arbroath
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Ah, your daily "animal in distress" post. Some sick person sealed a live cat in a box and abandoned it? Neat!
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This Schroedinger T-shirt from the NeatoShop is surprisingly relevant in more than one level!
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Using a story about an abused animal to sell t-shirts... classy!
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I will buy a t-shirt. But only if, the t-shirt company puts one of there family members sealed in a box and left in a parking lot!
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A lost cat is delivered to a place, and in a way, that guarantees its safe return. How is that cruelty?
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