Would you want to know?

FatVonD

There_Goes_Trouble wrote: »

Absloutely I would want to know. If I see a dead cat by the road I always stop and take them to the nearest vet for a microchip scan.

I've done that before too.

I'd want to know. I've kept cats for over 30 years, I've had a couple run over, a couple have had to be put down due to old age/illness and I've had one go missing for days (thankfully she turned up again eventually) but far and away the worst feeling was the not knowing and wondering what had happened to her

heretolearn_2

I would definitely want to know.

I lost a cat many many years ago and I still wonder what happened to him. I feel so guilty as he was shut out during a bad storm and obviously ran off frightened and got lost. He was a very pretty 'chocolate box' cat so I hope someone took him in. But it's equally likely that he ended up living a couple of years miserable as a half-starved, frightened, cold, ill stray. Just the thought of him walking round and round trying to find his way home but not able to, kills me. Or got locked in a shed /garage and died of thirst/hunger. My poor boy. I'd give anything to know that he had a relatively quick end, rather than that.

kazmeister

Another thing to consider is that if the cat is insured they could be paying for advertising for the lost animal. They might also be due a payout which I know doesnt replace the pet but comes as part of the insurance.

mustangsal

My cat has been missing now for almost 4 weeks. I've put poster up, knocked on neighbours, sent posters out to surrounding farms, called vets, road cleansing dept, everything. It's driving me crazy not knowing. He was an indoor cat, my neighbour left the door open after being out for a cigarette. I'd rather know. My mum had a cat who ran out of the vets after getting scared of a dog, he never turned up, she still wonders yet, and that was around 15 years ago!

Beckyy

I would want to know 100%. It would be much worse to be left thinking that your cat had been stolen, when he'd really been run over.

BangorJane

Just back from holiday yesterday and among the post was a note from neighbour two streets away asking us to check garage etc for her missing cat. We went straight out to open up the garage to see if he could have got in there and unfortunately he had got into the fenced off vegetable patch and had got strangled in garden netting my husband uses to grow peas. We felt so awful having to go round and tell the poor woman what had happened but hopefully knowing what happened is better than never knowing.