A cat proprietor who suffered the loss two young cats inside every week after they had been hit by vehicles is asking drivers to decelerate and present extra consciousness.
Amber French was nonetheless coping with the lack of 11-month-old Shadow final week when she discovered the tomcat’s sister Oddball had additionally been killed in the identical Bourne road.
Both cats, who had been from the identical litter, had been hit by autos in Mill Drove, simply across the nook from Amber’s household home in Kingsway.
“It was traumatic – the emotion of losing both in one week, it was just ridiculous,” she stated.
“Shadow and Oddball were inseparable, they did everything together and died within a week of each other.
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“Oddball was found just a few metres from where Shadow was.
“It’s not a crazy-busy road, but people drive too fast down there.”
Both cats had been born on the day Amber and her household moved into their Kingsway home 11 months in the past.
Shadow had been out for less than a few hours when Amber, 24, noticed a put up on her native Bourne Facebook group saying a cat had been hit.
“A couple witnessed the accident and saw the person that had hit my cat drive off,” she stated.
“So they went over and put him at the side of the road and stayed with him until he passed away.
“It was really kind of them to do that. They were going to ring the vets, but there was nothing they could have done to save him.
“They posted what had happened on Facebook and Shadow wasn’t in the house so we messaged them and went to have a look.
“The next day my emotions kicked in and were all over the place. Then when my other cat was hit that got me even more. I still don’t believe it – it doesn’t seem real.
“My mum is heartbroken because she loves all of her cats. She feels like she’s lost members of the family.”
The household nonetheless have 5 cats, all of whom wish to go exterior.
“We did keep them in for a little while after it happened, but it’s so hard to keep them in the house,” she stated
“Luckily the cats we have left just stay in the garden and in other gardens.”
Amber, who works as a healthcare assistant at Peterborough City Hospital, needs motorists to be extra conscious when driving in built-up areas and to observe their velocity.
She would additionally like a change within the legislation to make sure anybody who hits a cat should cease and report it to a neighbour or a vet.
“I would like the same sort of law that applies to dogs because f you hit a dog yo have to stop,” she stated.
“People always worry about dogs, but cats don’t seem to matter.
“I don’t know why people feel it’s acceptable not to stop or say anything.”
