A cat owner in Lincoln is urging people to think before they act after claiming her beloved pet was put down ‘without her knowing’.
It is believed that Jayne Fisk’s 20-year-old cat Splat was mistaken for a stray and handed over to vets before being put to sleep.
Jayne told BBC Look North: “We just couldn’t believe that they would do this. I mean we knew she was elderly, but family wise it’s just heartbreaking.
“I just can’t get the picture out of my head of her looking thinking ‘where are my humans?’. That two hours for her must have been awful.”
A member of the public posted photos on Facebook saying Splat looked ‘old, thin and slow but not distressed’. It was seen by a cat charity who took her to the vets, but they were unable to find her microchip.
Jayne Fisk was left heartbroken after her cat Splat was put down. | Screenshot: BBC Look North
Jayne said: “No cat on this earth can go and buy itself a collar so the fact that she had that new collar, to me and to most people I know, just shows that no way was she a stray.
“I think people just need to step back, especially if a cat is wearing a collar. It’s so easy just to put a picture on Facebook.
“It’s not going to bring her back, me battling for her, but if I can stop it happening to one other cat, and one other family, because this has been absolutely heartbreaking for us.”
BBC Look North said the charity which took Splat said it did so because she appeared to be very sick. The vet also said the cat presented as very unwell and they wanted to prevent further suffering, BBC added.
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Residents have slammed a Home Office engagement meeting regarding its plans for the RAF Scampton asylum centre, labelling it “propaganda.”
The government agency scheduled two sessions at the Lincolnshire Showground for Thursday evening: the first targeted local residents identified as vulnerable by the Department for Health and Social Care, and the second was for local business owners. However, attendees left the meetings visibly annoyed.
Anyone who does a lap of Lincoln High Street will have noticed a number of odd tarmac fillings on the pedestrianised area, which stick out like a sore thumb given how they are weaved between brickwork and cobbled areas.
We have put these to the county council to find out why they have been done, and if we can expect them to return to a more consistent look in-keeping with the area.
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