Animal Control

October 7, 2009 – 3:52 am   |   Furry Creatures   |   Comments (0)

My parents used to have a cat named Fang. He earned the name after attacking a German Shepherd in the hallway outside their New York City apartment. He died of natural causes before my parents moved to Denver. Bird made the move, though. Five years later he was killed by two dogs who cornered him along the side of our house. He could have escaped, jumped onto the fence that separated our property from the apartment building next door, but a barking dog on a nearby balcony spooked him and he froze. Read More »

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