Lost...and found

It's been since Sunday afternoon since we last saw Orion. We have put up lost cat signs all over the neighborhood and called all the local vets. Then I searched online for any found cat databases, and randomly I went to craig's list. There was a posting from Monday morning for a dead black cat about a mile from our house (hit by a car). I drove over there and sure enough, there he was. I took him to a vet hospital and they checked his weight and sex, and that he had no microchip. I had Orion cremated. He was to turn 4 in October. We are very sad, as we had brought Orion from El Salvador from during my Peace Corps service. On the bright side, mom says she'll let me have her new kitten, who doesn't seem to be getting along with Nora (nor Dale).

On the down side, neighbors have been calling me about one of the other neighbor kitties (who matches Orion's description) and who has been roaming a couple streets down for a few days, and I have gone over to see this other cat, but it's not Orion. However, we still get curious when they call, just in case it is him and I found someone else's dead cat.

-tara