Officials are looking for a woman who dropped off an injured cat a local veterinarian Monday morning, seeking information about how the animal was hurt and to ensure that the drop-off doesn’t amount to a criminal abandoning.
This injured cat was turned into a local veterinarian on April 25, 2015. The Animal Control section of the New Canaan Police Department is seeking information on the woman who brought in the cat, as well as how he may have been injured. Photo published with permission from its owner
The gray-and-white adult male cat has no microchip and came into the New Canaan Veterinary Hospital with a large and gaping wound on its shoulder, according to Officer Allyson Halm of the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control section.
“It’s a mess,” Halm said of the injury.
A woman dropped him off in a carrier crate and left it at the vet’s, saying the animal had been injured at Smith Ridge Road and Cherry Streets—which, of course, do not intersect—and leaving a name and a phone number that doesn’t work, Halm said.
“The reason we are looking for her is it is now a ‘wound of unknown origin’ and I want to make sure he wasn’t scratched or bitten,” Halm said.
The cat is being patched up at the vet’s and likely will come back to Animal Control’s shelter afterwards as he undergoes a 45-day close observation period, Halm said.
Asked when he may become adoptable, Halm said: “Probably after the 45 days. If someone came to me and could prove this cat was going to be secure, in a home, we might consider adopting sooner. It really depends on the situation.”
NCPD Animal Control can be reached at 203-594-3510.