I'm dismayed at the amount of missing pet posters I see posted every week
in CV, at least in the 2900-3100 blocks of Guilford, Calvert, and St.
Paul.  I've lived in 5 different cities across the country and have never
encountered this in other neighborhoods.  My youngest cat went missing
last November.  He vanished seemingly without a trace.  I walked door to
door for a week, talking to neighbors, passing out flyers, searching
alleys and trash cans, to no avail.

I'm normally not a conspiracy theorist (a popular occupation in CV, it
appears!), but I'm starting to wonder now.  Where do these pets go?  I've
never seen an animal control van in our area, so I don't think we have an
overactive animal control department picking up random animals.  I don't
see very many run-over animals on the street, so that doesn't seem to be
a problem.  And I have never found a carcass of a pet in an alley.

Are the animals being stolen?  Taken to another neighborhood?  Hoarded in
basements?  Are the gutters/sewers notorious for trapping unsuspecting
animals?  Can I blame the CVCBD for this?  (just joking)

Curious and a little saddened,
Sarah

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Sarah Andrew Wilson
www.phloot.com
www.monkinstitute.org
c 202.680.2420
w 202.364.7272
