I was going to announce the winner to my contest today, but something has come up that’s more important: a life is at stake. Koko is the victim of cruelty and false accusations, and through no fault of her own, she has been left to die at Henry County Animal Control in Georgia, the same place that Arizona/ Freya was rescued from a few weeks ago. And like Freya, I found out about her from my human friend, Robin Olson of Covered in Cat Hair. If you click on the link, you will find out a lot about Koko’s dilemma, but Robin was so furious that there is quite a bit of profanity in her post. So if you have sensitive eyes, be warned!
I am angry too, but I will try to tell the story calmly. The humans Koko was living with stuffed her in a carrier and dumped her on the doorstep of a vet clinic — that was closed. In other words, this kitty was left in the summer heat for a whole day before she was discovered! And when she was found, the clinic called animal control and had her taken away. Inside the carrier, along with Koko were a series of notes. I will just show the first one; if you want to see the rest, you can go to Robin’s blog post. This note supposedly was written by Koko herself, but it is clearly a forgery!
There are a lot of clues to prove this letter was forged in Koko’s name, but the most important is that Betsy, the nice woman who tries to help kitties at Henry County Animal Control, reports that Koko’s litter box habits are impeccable! If Koko was having issues with her two feline roommates, the humans who dumped her apparently did not make much of an effort to solve the problem — other than getting rid of Koko in the cruelest way possible. This letter is dripping with phoniness.
The bottom line is that the humans who Koko originally lived with decided she was too much trouble and callously got rid of her. Now she is stuck in this high kill shelter, where ordinary brown tabby adults like her almost never get adopted. She mostly likely will be put to death, along with other innocent kitties whose only real issue was sharing a home with humans who did not understand the responsibility of pet ownership…
Unless you step up and help! There are donors who are willing to get Koko out — but only if there is a rescue or an adopter available. Robin can’t do it because she has nowhere for Koko to go. I know, however, that if we spread the word far enough, there is someone out there who can and will step forward to give Koko a new home! Can we please make another miracle happen for a kitty who was unfairly framed?
Below is the info for Koko and Henry County Animal Control — help her!
PLEASE REFER TO THIS ID# 8/16-3406 when contacting HCC&C.
We are very rescue friendly and are more than happy to work with any rescue group as long as the group has a valid Georgia Department of Agriculture license! Any rescue group, whether in or out of state, that takes pets from Georgia shelters, is required, by Georgia law, to have a rescue license issued by the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s Animal Protection Division. Having tax exempt status is not the same as a license. For more information on obtaining a license, please call (404) 656-4914.
Contact:
mystiblu@bellsouth.net
Henry County Animal Care and Control
527 Hampton Street
McDonough, Georgia 30253
(770) 288-7401
http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/GA67.html
Our Hours:
Monday-Friday: 9 am-4:30 pm
Saturday: 9 am-1 pm
Sunday: Closed
County Observed Holidays: Closed
The shelter is located at 527 Hampton Street in McDonough. We are located south of Atlanta off I-75. Take exit 218 and head east on 20/81 toward McDonough. Our address is 527 Hwy 20/81 East.
For all other information regarding ordinances, county codes, and other functions of Henry County Animal Care and Control please visit www.hcacc.org
Please blog and Tweet about Koko — get the word out! Better yet, look into adopting her!
Hooray!!
Great news – Koko has been adopted! (And BTW, you cannot tell from the photos, but she is a polydactyl!)
http://coveredincathair.com/content/not-my-watch-dear-koko
OOH, I am SO mad about this!! If I could, I’d drive down there & take her myself! Unfortunately my landlord has threatened that poor Simon has put me (over) my maximum cat limit (I had the power of purr-suasion on my side to keep Simon!) Why can’t humans understand that when they adopt an animal – they are signing on FOR LIFE!!! ARGH!!
I amended my post to show the information you left in a comment about the Funds, etc.
Praying for a miracle,
Cory (Nico, Simon & JayJay)
that is so sad, poor kitty. I wish I could rescue them all. What the hell is wrong with people…oh this is so frustrating.
I hope she finds a forever home fast.
Poor Koko!! Those humans are MONSTERS. We’re going to purr and pray for Koko to get a home!
Unfortunately, we are just too far away to be any concrete help, but we are crossing all our paws that the little one finds a worthy new home.
We are having bad news overload today and mommy is a leaky mess. We’re very sad over Koko and are purraying that she gets the home she deserves after her family was so cruel to her. We also know we don’t like GA shelters – they are not kitty friendly it seems.
Koko is beautiful! I hope she finds a home. You are so wonderful, Sparkle, to rise to her aid.
We will purray that she gets a good home very soon. This is so unfair.
Please help this poor kitty cat: this is not a broken tv ..this is a cat.
That’s so sad. Poor abandoned cat :(. Hope she gets a new home soon.
Poor Koko, so sad, some people stink!
I hope she gets a second chance with a family who will realize how special she is.
I also put this out on Twitter and Facebook. Disgusting!
That absolutely just made me sick to my stomach! I;d like to stuff them in a cage in the sweltering heat for a whole day with no water/food and a note basically saying they’re too much trouble! wishing that sweet little girl gets adopted TODAY!
What a sad story. We put it on twitter and FB.
This stinks SO bad! I read the whole post on Robin’s blog and it’s so disgusting! I really love brown tabbies (KoKo looks exactly like my wonderful rainbow bridge cat, Henry) – and I so much wish we could adopt her – she is beautiful! We’re sending all our purrs and good thoughts for her.
I saw this last night at Robin’s blog and totally lost it – because she is dead on right. This is the reason that I wish I could start a cat sanctuary, to help cats like this. I wish I could take Koko but we have just not got the room – and I am so frustrated! I couldn’t even comment on Robin’s post because I was so upset, mad, crying, just pissed off. And you don’t even want to know my boyfriends reaction to the former owners – it was not a good one. I am going to link to your post on our blog – I hope it helps. I so wish I could take Koko.
We normally aren’t violent cats, but this story makes us want to go and find Koko’s former owners and scratch their eyes out!! How cruel! We are purring that someone will rescue sweet Koko from the shelter.
Oh, Dear, poor Koko. I do hope something works out with a reader who is in Georgia.
It is true, so many people don’t want to work at trying to rehab a kitty and sometimes they just don’t know where to look for help either. I, too, can’t believe the clinic just called the kill shelter! But, at least the previous home she was in left some background info on her instead of nothing, so this kitty has a chance at being helped. So many times, people just dump a cat at a shelter without giving any history of behavior issues etc and so the cat never has the chance at getting help.
I hope someone can help this kitty find it’s furrever home…
We will help spread the word. We do so hope she finds a loving home. We can’t believe the Vet called the kill shelter on her. Our vet wouldn’t have done that.
Our vet is the greatest. She would have checked the kitty out and then tried to find a home for her.
That is so sad. I sure hope someone gets her. The Inn here is very full so we can’t do it as much as I would like to. Good job telling about her Sparkle. Hope it works.
Have a great day.
Poor Koko. So many people take on cats as pets and never bother to learn about their behaviour or go a few steps or even the extra mile to solve behaviour issues. The owners who dumped her are gutless cowards. I can only hope their remaining cats don’t follow the same fate as sweet Koko. We’ll share this on Facebook.
Best of luck to Koko!
Whicky Wuudler
This is so upsetting to read. I hope someone saves her because she is a beautiful cat.
So how’s Koko now? Did she got a new home because someone like her deserves a loving home.
As far as I know, no one has stepped up yet to save her.