Thread by @mari_ness

Dead cat, continued updates:

So the city cop came over and confirmed that yes, dead cat in front of my back door; I can't get out of the back door; health/safety hazard. (also, hi, vulture!)

(sorry, just realized I should have been doing a better job threading this, but not only is this upsetting, it's also unseasonably hot out and I am not thinking well.)

ANYWAY

City cop began trying to call people.

Turns out that Public Works (the city Public Works) will remove domestic animals and scan for chips (to make sure that they aren't cremating someone's pet by mistake). BUT

NOT ON SUNDAYS.

They could have come over YESTERDAY, had the county informed me that the contracted agency would not be able to come today.

So now, someone at Winter Garden is now trying to find someone at Public Works who has a) access to a pet chip scanner (it's not clear who does this), and b) can come out on Sunday to remove the dead cat.

We are not hopeful.

@OrangeCoFL

I have been told that Winter Garden Public Works MAY be able to come by today; if not, hopefully tomorrow, to remove the dead cat and scan for the chip.

This also means that I have to stay home and wait for them.

@OrangeCoFL

(It also means that vultures are starting to eat a cat that may very well have been poisoned.)

The Winter Garden city cop cannot put a dead animal in the back of the cop car. I don't drive.

Still.

This should not have been this difficult to deal with.

@OrangeCoFL