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Old March 21st, 2012, 06:32 PM
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Unfortunately, we heard some bad news today. A neighbour 3 doors away noticed our missing posters around town and called with some information. Approximately 3-4 weeks ago he found a black & white cat dead at the side of his house. He said he could see his footprints in the snow where it looked as though he'd walked up and fallen over and died. There were no marks visible and he assumed he was a stray who had maybe frozen to death. Marco would be outside during long periods, sometimes overnight and when he would get cold he would come to our sliding glass door so we know he wouldn't have just frozen to death. We live on a quiet cul de sac with very limited, slow traffic and have never seen an animal hit there. There is a busier main road behind our house which would be a possibilty, but we would have had to walk a long way and jump a six foot fence afterward to end up where he was found. My only guess can be that he was poisoned, either intentionally or unintentionally. It's never been heard of in our small town or neighbourhood. At the time the neighbour did not realize he was our cat and we were not able to identify him for sure but we had never seen any other black and white cats in the area. We are glad for the closure but left with a mystery. Rest in peace Marco.
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