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to be incredably peed off at my nieghbours for this............

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CharleeWeasley · 26/07/2007 11:24

Brief history............

We have horrible people a couple of doors down, they live in and own a travelers site and they have all thier family living there in the static vans. They are constantly coming in my back garden even though it is gated off and nicking my flowers/fruit from the trees ect. I have asked them not to but they do it anyway and they are well known as the sort of family that wouldn't think twice about torching your car ect.

Anyway we rescued 2 cats while ago they are fater and son both un neutered and very ununsual colours.

We got them home and did everyhting that you do with a new pet ect, then when the time came to let them out i taught them to use the cat flap and went out with them a few times, once we were out there and one of the lids from this family strolls into the garden like the do and asks me about the father cat.

He asks what his mane is, how old ect i told him ploitley.

That night the father cat didn't come back.

I put up flyers, evej gave one to the nieghbours who swear blind they haven't seen him even though we see him walking in and out of thier house and eating food with thier cats.

I told them that DS was distraught that his cat had gone missing and could they please let me know if they catch him, in hope they would do the decent thing and give him back.

Anyway that was about 2 months ago and like i say this family have a horrendus reputation that i darne't push it even further.

But now i just have a leflet put through my door from them try ing to flog me a kitten for £80 which is identical to my effing cat they nicked and i am soooo annoyed at the cheek of it.

Apparently they now have 7 kitten 5 of which are identical to our missing cat that they have sold for £80 each due to thier unusual markings.

bloody cheek

OP posts:
Wilkie · 26/07/2007 12:44

CW - this is MN. Every frigging post turns into a debate that is entirely irrelevant to the OP

wannaBe · 26/07/2007 12:45

I don't really think this needs to turn into a debate on prejudice does it? the op has already apologised, but as usual people appear to have seen past that and continued to attack anyway.

twinsetandpearls · 26/07/2007 12:45

sorry am eating, whilst tring to stop my cat from pinching my dinner so didn't know this thread was in the process of being shut down. sorry. - although I have now put it back in active conversations.

skidoodle · 26/07/2007 12:48

Oh FFS, I've worked with the Travelling community since I was a teenager and know some very nice people who are travellers.

But sure, let's all pretend things are other than they are.

How unprejudiced of us all.

auntyspan · 26/07/2007 12:49

Yes good point Wilkie. I'm sure I read a thread the other day about the rain, which ended up with a massive row about Fruit Shoots.....

Wilkie · 26/07/2007 12:51

Auntyspan - PMSL. Peopl just can't help themselves...do you think they stalk the active convos looking for a fight?!?!?!???

FWIW - I would report your neighbours to the RSPCA and ask them to pay a visit.

DontlookatmeIamborrrring · 26/07/2007 12:56

I thought rescue cats weren't normally rehomed unless they had been neutered.

twinsetandpearls · 26/07/2007 12:58

I was not looking for a fight, I just saw language that shocked and when I started posting no one else had picked up on the language, as I said I was eating and trying to fight off a cat whilst typing so speed and lightning fast responses were not really happening.

I also did offer my condolances to the poster and echoed advice about the RSPCA.

wannaBe · 26/07/2007 12:58

depends where they're rehomed from. A lot of cat rescue charities are inundated with cats so they will rehome the cats in order to make space for more and provide a voucher for the cat to be newtered. Our local rescue centre has similar policy for dogs too.

TnOgu · 26/07/2007 13:02

< Dons boxing gloves and bobs and weaves onto the next thread >>>

wannaBe · 26/07/2007 13:05

and agree with skidoodle. Of course there are a lot of nice travellers out there, as there are good and bad in every section of society, but there are an awful lot that aren't, the attitudes don't come about purely because someone decided to be prejudice, they come about because of the conduct of a portion of the travelling community. If you want to belong to a certain portion of society (and we're talking travellers here not gypsies, as there is a difference), then you either conduct yourself in a way that will indeer you to the local population, or be prepared to take the flack for it. And if you don't want to be associated with that kind of reputation, then you go out of your way to build bridges with your local community, something which doesn't appear to happen very often.

moljam · 26/07/2007 13:08

just for record,i didnt come here for arguement either but what annoyed me was generalisation.yes theyre not all good but there not all bad either.

kyala · 26/07/2007 13:22

Ooh I want to know what Auntyspan's crap joke was?!!!! LOL

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