Animal control has stated to

me they did receive the message and they could not answer why I was not

contacted.

I know why I wasn't contacted.

Putting the cat to sleep resolved the issue with the neighbor.

I would have never known what

happened if the other incident involving this same neighbor had not happened

(if it did). It was misunderstood, too, that I felt the neighbor should

have told me what happened. The neighbor could have come to me and asked

that I do something and not contacted animal control to handle.

I moved here when Patches was

7 years old; he was not raised to be confined. Before moving to Fayette

County, we lived in a neighborhood where neighbors were "neighbors"

and we talked, kept each other's kids, feed each other's pets when we

went on vacation and also went to each other with any complaints.

I've seen a lot in my life

time, but I have never seen a cat on a leash. Not that it can't be done

as Ms Carter has stated, but only if raised from a kitten that way. Patches

was not.

As in Ms Lohmann's letter,

children do model the behavior they see. I wonder if the children and

grandchildren of these people know what little value they have for people's

feelings. But then, they are adults that have to account for their actions;

hopefully, one day they will.

Denise Barnett

Fayetteville

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