I spent the better part of my day saving two cats.
The assholes we finally got out of The McCarty house left them behind with no power, heat, or much food. We called a couple shelters and finally found the Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society (MACS). We called on Saturday, but they were closed Sunday and Monday.
It wasn’t until today, when we were headed to the house, that we were able to swing by MACS and borrow two live traps and some bait (aka cat food). When I got the The McCarty house I saw both cats upon entering (we think there are just two), and as I was setting the traps one of them came running at the sound of food.
We headed down the street to take marketing photos of a nearby house, came back, and found we’d captured one of the cats. The other trap had fired, but it was empty. So I reset that trap and we headed back to MACS to drop of cat number one.
I then went home, waited a couple hours before coming back, and found this little guy waiting for me:
I was able to get him to MACS before they closed.
This took up the bulk of my day, and it’s not something I’d have foreseen myself doing as a product of purchasing real estate, but I’m glad both cats are now safe and hopeful they’ll find loving homes.
The folks at MACS are terrific people, and clearly care about animals. I don’t know much about them, but I’m glad to see Detroit has a resource like this.