While lost pet notices are nothing new to Queen Anne, you may have noticed an influx of missing cat flyers posted on lamp posts and telephone poles around the neighborhood lately.
Whether the increase in missing pets is due to a greater leniency with open windows and doors during the summer sunshine than other times of the year, or cats wandering off while their owners are away, one resident is worried about the fate of these missing pets. Queen Anne-er Saylor Jones sent in a few pictures of the signs around the neighborhood, along with a note:
“Has anyone noticed the recent spate of missing cats? While walking around just one block in my west Queen Anne neighborhood I saw four missing signs for Oliver, Ginger, Mandy and Beavis. And many more can be seen while walking or driving through other neighborhoods on the hill,” she wrote.
We’ve reported on many of these missing cats before, but we thought we’d give it another try and see if anyone has spotted these felines around the neighborhood?
Grey and white tabby Oliver (featured in the top picture) has been missing since the end of July. Orange Persian Beavis (above) has been missing since August 6. His owners are offering a $100 reward. Ginger (below) is also missing. Have you seen any of them?
As for lost pets that have been found, Queen Anne resident Dawn says this tabby has been hanging out in her yard lately.
“We thought it was a neighbor’s cat, but it isn’t. We think it belongs to someone as it has a collar and is very nice. However it does not have a name in the collar,” she wrote.
If this is your cat or you know who it belongs to, please call Dawn at 206-799-7854.
Whenever we come across lost or found pet notices, we always try to post them here in the hopes that they will be reconnected with their families. However, Jones says she’d like to see the Queen Anne community interact more to help its residents reconnect with their missing pets.
“I can feel the pain of having a lost cat. Years back my cat Bob ran off when I moved to Ballard. He was really mad that I had taken him from his favorite roving grounds where I had found him as a stray. It was winter. I didn’t have a car and so after work every night for two weeks I would ride my bike up and down the streets of Ballard in sleet or snow calling Bob’s name. I posted signs on telephone poles that were in the shape of him – a fat, white cat with a bobbed tail. I would come home from work – this was before cell phones – and listen to my messages: someone saw him licking a tuna can in an alley; someone found his collar and tag that had fallen off. Finally I got a call from a woman who had fed Bob in her back yard. I rode off to pick him up, placing him in a box that I had strapped to the back of my bike. I was so happy! He had lost weight but was otherwise my same sweet guy,” she wrote.
“Don’t you wish you could find out the plight of these kitties? I want to know where, when and how they were found. Can someone post results somewhere? Otherwise Mandy, Beavis, Ginger, Oliver and the rest will stay missing.”
If you’ve seen other missing pet signs around the neighborhood, or have found a lost pet and would like to add it to the list, please comment below or email us to tips@queenanneview.com.