I saw this on another site that I'm on, I'm not sure if it's been posted here or not but I thought I should post it anyways.
Sent: 2/8/2003 10:25 PM
A tragedy caused by a litter-box. Maybe we should ALL just clean our own
boxes.
PLEASE CROSS POST TO ANY AND ALL LISTS!
A lot of us also own cats and right at this moment I am devastated to say
that I, my daughter and my mother in law are in mourning over the loss of a
beautiful little kitten named Kanga. He was only 5 months old and was
raised by us from the time he was three weeks old and a wild kitten. My
mother in law has one of those automatic litter boxes that sweeps the litter
into a containment system. This litter box killed this poor baby about an
hour ago. He had his neck broken (at least we hope he went that quick
because I hate to envision the alternatives) by the sweeping mechanism.
Please warn everyone you know about this danger. The machine was
supposed to have a sensor that stops it when the cat goes into the box but
unfortunately for Kanga it didn't.. Now we no longer have this beautiful little
boy. He was so full of life and just loved everyone. PLEASE WARN
EVERYONE EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE A CAT YET!!! THEY MAY
SOME DAY. We have a call into the company to find out if this happened
before and what can be done about making these boxes safer. Please say
a little prayer for Kanga.
Thanks for listening, Karen Havighorst
Sent: 2/8/2003 10:25 PM
A tragedy caused by a litter-box. Maybe we should ALL just clean our own
boxes.
PLEASE CROSS POST TO ANY AND ALL LISTS!
A lot of us also own cats and right at this moment I am devastated to say
that I, my daughter and my mother in law are in mourning over the loss of a
beautiful little kitten named Kanga. He was only 5 months old and was
raised by us from the time he was three weeks old and a wild kitten. My
mother in law has one of those automatic litter boxes that sweeps the litter
into a containment system. This litter box killed this poor baby about an
hour ago. He had his neck broken (at least we hope he went that quick
because I hate to envision the alternatives) by the sweeping mechanism.
Please warn everyone you know about this danger. The machine was
supposed to have a sensor that stops it when the cat goes into the box but
unfortunately for Kanga it didn't.. Now we no longer have this beautiful little
boy. He was so full of life and just loved everyone. PLEASE WARN
EVERYONE EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE A CAT YET!!! THEY MAY
SOME DAY. We have a call into the company to find out if this happened
before and what can be done about making these boxes safer. Please say
a little prayer for Kanga.
Thanks for listening, Karen Havighorst