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Heartbroken commuters pay tribute to 'Bus Stop Cat' as she dies after brutal attack
Mirror ^ | February 1, 2016

Posted on 02/01/2016 7:54:06 PM PST by beaversmom

A picture of the 'Bus Stop Cat' left at the bus stop

Devastated commuters have paid tribute to a beloved moggy known as the Bus Stop Cat after it had to be put down after being kicked.

Missy, the 13-year-old ginger feline, spent her days at a bus stop in Havant, Hants, and was adored by hundreds of commuters who she greeted every day.

Her distraught owner Richard McCormick found her bleeding from the mouth and rushed to a vet.

She had a fractured skull, a broken jaw and that all of her teeth had been knocked out. They had no other choice but to put her down.

Dozens of floral tributes have now been left at her favourite bus stop, along with poignant messages and children's drawing.

Flowers and messages left at the bus stop where the cat used to visit and was attacked

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(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: kitty
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To: Politicalkiddo

It’s hard to believe someone who would do that belongs to the human race.

Great quote/tagline and oh so true.


21 posted on 02/01/2016 8:10:25 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: the_individual2014

“I am proud to be a member of the Human species”

Meh. Most of the time I wish I were a bird or something. People are despicable. Your language didn’t offend me, though. :)


22 posted on 02/01/2016 8:11:15 PM PST by Politicalkiddo ("May God save the country, for it is obvious the people will not."- Millard Fillmore)
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To: dp0622

There is nothing like a good feline or canine buddy. One of our felines (who I found in the bushes as an infant) is purring next to me, now.


23 posted on 02/01/2016 8:11:54 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Sadly for some people sitting there petting the cat while they wait for their bus was the best part of their day. The world is full of desperately unhappy people and this warm purring kitty gave some of them a little joy. Losing that can be devastating.

I can certainly understand it. I don't put animals on the same level as humans, but I feel sad when mine have passed on, and I feel sad when I hear about cruel things being done to any animal...especially a sweet pet.

24 posted on 02/01/2016 8:12:17 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes

Dogs and cats, they give unconditional love to their people.
I have 4 Chihuahuas. I think I know who abused our 2 little senior girls before we adopted them. My guy had to physically restrain me from pistol-whipping him at Wal-Mart last spring.


25 posted on 02/01/2016 8:12:42 PM PST by chae (The Lannisters send their regards--Game of Thrones)
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To: beaversmom

Spoiled isn’t NEARLY a strong enough word.

you think i treat him well.

the Mrs. feeds him and changes his water before even saying hi to me!

And she tries to teach him words ROFL.

too funny. have a good one!


26 posted on 02/01/2016 8:13:16 PM PST by dp0622 (I)
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To: chae

Dogs yes, studies show cats don’t care.


27 posted on 02/01/2016 8:13:18 PM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: skr

I hope they find whoever did this. And I hope that their punishment takes place in a very dark Alley.


28 posted on 02/01/2016 8:14:15 PM PST by Revel
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To: Politicalkiddo
At times like this, I really intensely loathe the human race.

Seems to be happening more frequently lately.

29 posted on 02/01/2016 8:14:40 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I used to box in my late teens and twenties, had a somewhat tough reputation after a few brawls with fellow paesans on steroids.

Those people would faint i they saw me alone with the cat!

sitting next you purring. :)


30 posted on 02/01/2016 8:15:04 PM PST by dp0622 (I)
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To: beaversmom

Poor sad kitty. All she wanted was to love people.


31 posted on 02/01/2016 8:15:42 PM PST by henkster (Hillary Clinton's supporters are beginning to realize they are fettered to a corpse.)
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To: beaversmom

Just wondering if this is an area taking on refugees, and or more and more Islamic immigrants?


32 posted on 02/01/2016 8:16:57 PM PST by Revel
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To: dp0622
little buddy Spaghetti :)

Please give your kitty friend some extra pets from me.

33 posted on 02/01/2016 8:17:35 PM PST by thecodont
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To: Smokin' Joe

Absolutely.

And they call evil humans “animals”.

That’s an insult to animals.


34 posted on 02/01/2016 8:17:36 PM PST by Salamander (I made friends with a lot of people in the danger zone...)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

You took the thoughts right out of my head.

She may have been the *one thing* many people had, to make the rest of their day bearable.


35 posted on 02/01/2016 8:18:58 PM PST by Salamander (I made friends with a lot of people in the danger zone...)
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To: beaversmom; All

Really nasty yellow journalism by the Mirror.

Pure speculation by the owner:

“It seems like somebody has given her a kicking which obviously isn’t a very nice thing to do.”

No one witnessed this attack. It is more likely that she ran into a automobile or bus tire.

Automobiles are the major “predator” of cats in urban areas.

This was an old cat, 13, so it is quite likely that her hearing and sight were going.

This is completely irresponsible of the paper to claim that this is an animal cruelty case with no more to go on than pure speculation by the owner.


36 posted on 02/01/2016 8:20:29 PM PST by marktwain
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To: thecodont

Will do!!

he loves when I wrap him up in my arms.

They’re half the size of his body and he disappears and purrs in them :)


37 posted on 02/01/2016 8:20:55 PM PST by dp0622 (I)
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To: IronJack

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

-- Robert Frost

38 posted on 02/01/2016 8:21:27 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: Politicalkiddo

I would be a Bear or a Wolf, maybe an Orca.


39 posted on 02/01/2016 8:21:33 PM PST by the_individual2014
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To: the_individual2014

Those are all cool. I could see myself as a penguin or an elephant. My favorite extinct animal is a Dodo, but I’d be dead so...


40 posted on 02/01/2016 8:23:05 PM PST by Politicalkiddo ("May God save the country, for it is obvious the people will not."- Millard Fillmore)
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