My next door neighbours have a sweet boy around Indys age, ginger and white with a huge poofy tail, the son of their other tom and some random village queen (Smudge has many offspring around here
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He went missing yesterday, that's the first time he hasn't been home for tea, the neighbours asked me to check our garage, see if he was with Mabel as she has been teaching him to hunt. No luck and they have roamed the village rattling treats and calling him with no sign.
The problems we are facing are:
1) He is an un-neutered 11 month tom... very likely he has gone in search of a girlfriend
2) Two streets over is where a gang hangs out and they like shooting/burning/beating/drowning/torturing animals
3) Four streets in a different direction there is the A18 and a very busy road it is too
4) The River Trent and various canals border 2 sides of the village, both rife with birds and he is an enthusiastic but clumsy hunter
5) Half a mile past the A18 there is the M18 and M180 motorway junction, in the middle of fields
6) People who happily pick up any pretty cat to take home for themselves
7) People taking cats to bait fighting dogs (thankfully pretty rare)
Those are the main risks (and the reason my boys are indoors) And my neighbours are frantic... they asked me how I stopped Mabel roaming... my answer was the fact she is neutered and has been abused in the past... neutering discourages roaming and her prior abuse seems to have left her happy to stay where she knows she is safe.
Very tearful Bev (Mrs Neighbour) has announced as soon as they find him they will neuter and chip him (he loses collars) and tomorrow are ringing vets, CP etc
Home Vibes for this lil boy please and I hope he gets home safe and sound