Woman longs to be reunited with cats
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HAMMOND — A heartbroken Jeanne Davis, of Hammond, is still looking for her missing pets.
Davis’ story isn’t one of cats running away from home, or of being sick or even of being hit by a car.
Her two cats -- which she refers to as her children -- were given away while she recuperated at a rehabilitation center, Davis said.
“I love them to death,” she said, as she shed tears for the loss of her two cats. “I live alone and I miss them everyday.”
On Aug. 24, Davis was in a car accident, and after breaking two bones in her ankle, was instructed by her doctor to stay off of her foot for nine weeks. Duing that time she lived at a rehab facility, then a nursing home.
She said that while in rehab she missed her pets, Mittens and Snowball.
Shortly after returning home in early November, Davis realized she needed more therapy and again, left for a rehab facility. That same day, Davis said the person taking care of her two cats took them to Walmart and gave them away.
“He said the cats were sick and that he just couldn’t care for them anymore,” Davis recalled.
Davis said she learned the cats had been given away when she returned home from rehab for the second time on Nov. 30.
Since finding out that her cats had been given away, Davis has been on a crusade to find them. In addition to posting fliers with their pictures around town, Davis called all area veterinarians and animal shelters hoping that someone had seen her two pets.
But so far, nothing.
Both cats were given to the same family, Davis said she believes.
Although it has been months since Davis lost her pets, she doesn’t plan to give up.
She asks anyone with information about the pets to call (985) 320-1432.
Mittens is 18 pounds and is black with gray stripes and white paws, Davis said. Snowball is a solid white cat with a pink nose and ears and green eyes. Both cats have been declawed, she said.
“I keep hoping,” an emotional Davis said.
“I’m just not ready to accept the fact that I’m not going to get my babies back,” Davis said.
“I don’t hold anything against them (the family that has the cats),” Davis said. “It isn’t their fault.”