This is so very sad - how could someone do this? Any information anyone has, please come forward. This story ran in our local Mankato Free Press on January 12.
Bruce & Jody Thisted
Misfit Acres Inc
www.misfitacres.com
Saving one horse may not make a difference in the
whole world, but it will make a world of
difference to that one horse ~ Unknown author
A story of a cat found glued to Highway 60 in the Madelia area has prompted two South Dakota people to offer a reward leading to a conviction of the person responsible for the December deed.
Timothy the cat, named by staff at the Sioux Falls, S.D., shelter where he was dropped off by Joyce Borgen, died the day before Christmas Eve. Borgen said she found the orange and white cat on the highway Dec. 18 as she was traveling to Sioux Falls from Mankato.
She didn’t have an exact location, but estimated she had been traveling for about a half hour when she saw the cat on the right shoulder of the road. Initial reports said the cat was found on I-90 near the South Dakota border, but Borgen said those reports were not accurate.
“At first I thought he was dead, but when I went by, he looked up at me,” Borgen said. “It was awfully cold outside and almost dark. He wouldn’t have made it through the night.”
Already traveling with two dogs and a bird of her own, Borgen turned around as soon as she could and returned to get the feline. It was still in the same spot and made a sound like it was in pain when she pulled it from the road. It barely moved from its spot near the heater on the floor of Borgen’s car as she continued her trip to Sioux Falls.
It’s back paws were bloody and it had “gooey stuff” all over its fur, Borgen said.
The cat was moved to a warm bathroom in the house where Borgen was staying that night.
“We warmed up some towels in a dryer,” she said. “We wrapped them around him and got him something to eat.”
She took the cat to the Second Chance Rescue Center in Sioux Falls the following day. At first, it looked like Timothy was going to make it, said Rosey Quinn, the center’s director. A foster family had taken him in and he was doing well, but he became very ill the night of Dec. 22 and died at a veterinarian’s office the next day, she said.
“The veterinarian said it was a combination of the glue and the stress and the cold,” Quinn said.
The glue wasn’t tar, but it had the same texture, she said.
An anonymous donor from Yankton, S.D., was the first to offer a reward, saying he would donate $1,000. Then another anonymous donor added $1,000.
“We just hope someone comes forward so we can figure out who did this and why they did this,” Quinn said. “Who ever did this should be held accountable. It’s a horrible thing to do to an animal.”
Bruce & Jody Thisted
Misfit Acres Inc
www.misfitacres.com
Saving one horse may not make a difference in the
whole world, but it will make a world of
difference to that one horse ~ Unknown author
A story of a cat found glued to Highway 60 in the Madelia area has prompted two South Dakota people to offer a reward leading to a conviction of the person responsible for the December deed.
Timothy the cat, named by staff at the Sioux Falls, S.D., shelter where he was dropped off by Joyce Borgen, died the day before Christmas Eve. Borgen said she found the orange and white cat on the highway Dec. 18 as she was traveling to Sioux Falls from Mankato.
She didn’t have an exact location, but estimated she had been traveling for about a half hour when she saw the cat on the right shoulder of the road. Initial reports said the cat was found on I-90 near the South Dakota border, but Borgen said those reports were not accurate.
“At first I thought he was dead, but when I went by, he looked up at me,” Borgen said. “It was awfully cold outside and almost dark. He wouldn’t have made it through the night.”
Already traveling with two dogs and a bird of her own, Borgen turned around as soon as she could and returned to get the feline. It was still in the same spot and made a sound like it was in pain when she pulled it from the road. It barely moved from its spot near the heater on the floor of Borgen’s car as she continued her trip to Sioux Falls.
It’s back paws were bloody and it had “gooey stuff” all over its fur, Borgen said.
The cat was moved to a warm bathroom in the house where Borgen was staying that night.
“We warmed up some towels in a dryer,” she said. “We wrapped them around him and got him something to eat.”
She took the cat to the Second Chance Rescue Center in Sioux Falls the following day. At first, it looked like Timothy was going to make it, said Rosey Quinn, the center’s director. A foster family had taken him in and he was doing well, but he became very ill the night of Dec. 22 and died at a veterinarian’s office the next day, she said.
“The veterinarian said it was a combination of the glue and the stress and the cold,” Quinn said.
The glue wasn’t tar, but it had the same texture, she said.
An anonymous donor from Yankton, S.D., was the first to offer a reward, saying he would donate $1,000. Then another anonymous donor added $1,000.
“We just hope someone comes forward so we can figure out who did this and why they did this,” Quinn said. “Who ever did this should be held accountable. It’s a horrible thing to do to an animal.”
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