Who abandons their cat at a caravan park?

So we left Batemans Bay with Leonie on crutches and headed back inland to Yass, to take up jobs at Majestic Mushrooms in Murrumbateman (Wine Country - 20mins from Yass). We hassled and hassled the owner for a job as it sounded so great and promising financially. As you can see above, it was a lovely drive back.

Finally got there very late at night. Dom was a bit disappointed with how small and how much of a lack of interesting cafes and shops there were. Once again we stumbled in there with very little money....hoping the new job would bring good working conditions, plenty of work and decent $$

If any of you saw Leonie's post on her Facebook, you would have seen the story that some a$#%holes abandoned their beautiful cat at the caravan park that we were staying at. We heard him meowing and whimpering around our tent one night, and then tried to find his parents. We came to the conclusion that he was so beautiful and well looked after...who would have ever left a little guy like that behind.

We kept him around us for a day and a half and then eventually as we couldn't find his owners, we took him to the local vet to check for a micro chip and locate his owners.

Turns out later in the day that the vet got hold of the owners, and their story is that the cat (his name is 'Roger') got away when they stopped over the night, and they spent hours trying to find him and couldn't, so they left the next day without him. They also mentioned that they were happy to have him re homed. We heard from a young boy at the caravan park that they deliberately left him behind along with his cage. We couldn't believe it! We would never ever consider doing something like that to our little guy 'Happy'. Anyway all we can say is "Karma can be a bitch".

We were stressing over finding him a home, as the vet told us that they could only keep him in possession until 5pm that day and then if no one claimed him, then he would have to just go to the streets. Apparently this is how it works in Yass, as the council don't have a plan for stray cats so they are legally allowed to go to the streets. A bit ridiculous isn't it?

LUCKILY....when we showed up to collect him and were at our wits end about what to do, one of the vet nurses asked if she could keep him. We were amazed, surprised, overwhelmed, and just so glad that someone would give him a brand new home with all the love any animal deserves. Kudos to Leonie who worked so hard to find Roger a home. We are sure he is happy now and enjoying his new life with GOOD parents :)

Leonie finally getting rid of the crutches from that small accident back in Batemans Bay. She's all nearly healed, and the foot is repairing very quickly. She decided that someone who visits Yass St Vinnies might get more use out of the them.

Turns out that Majestic Mushrooms wasn't quite as majestic as it seemed...but that's for another blog post :)