Rudy Update

On Thursday, February 28th I decided to go to the City of Del Rio Animal Control Center on the off chance that someone had either brought him in or dumped him within the City Limits. 

I showed the lady a picture of him and told him he was now sporting a metallic red collar. She commented that I was the second person that day to be looking for a black cat.  Usually, you have to wait until visitor hours to be allowed to see the animals but she took me to see him right away and I felt hopeful.

He was in an individual cage frightened and cowardly hiding behind his food bowl. I could barely make him out then I saw one of his eyes and it was round and a different sort of green than Rudy's.

Had it been him he would have come rushing to me. I remarked that he did not have a collar on.  I so wanted it to be him she told me that if I did not find him I could adopt this one. 

They must have new policies in place because I was even able to fill out a report in case a cat matching his description was picked up they would call me so I could come to identify him. This was not the case when Pedrito my stray dog never came back home two years ago and I went looking for him there.

I had no idea there were so many stray black cats in the neighborhood.  Probably due to the fact that his father has procreated many of them.  I have come to a screeching halt thinking it was Rudy only to see the cats take off.  My Rudy would have stayed around.