A woman who broke down in tears on an Ellesmere Port street after her cat was put down wants to thank the thoughtful schoolgirl who asked if she was alright and gave her a hug.
Ann Bellfield was devastated by the passing of her much-loved family pet Mitch – who had been shot in his bowel with an air rifle – on Tuesday afternoon (November 24).
Standing outside Aardvark Veterinary Clinic on Chester Road, clutching Mitch’s empty carrier, she could not control her tears.
But a young good Samaritan who was walking past offered her comfort.
Ann, from Sutton Park in Runcorn, got in touch to explain how much the gesture meant to her.
“Whoever that girl is, I want to thank her,” she said.
“I had come out of the vets and had the empty cat carrier in my hand.
“I was sobbing my heart out.
“She obviously had put two and two together and realised that something bad had happened.”
Not being local, Ann didn’t recognise the school uniform but said the girl was wearing a black blazer and black skirt.
“I don’t live in Ellesmere Port, but obviously the people there have got hearts of gold,” she added.
“People there give me hope.”
Mitch, who Ann says was a ‘big soft pudding’ of a cat who liked his food and cuddles, went missing on Thursday, November 19.
When they found him collapsed and with a raging temperature the next morning, they took him to Aardvark vets where he was given antibiotics and an anti-inflammatory.
But he continued to deteriorate so X-Rays were done, which is when the vets discovered a pellet in his bowel.
With Mitch going into liver failure, the heart-wrenching decision was made to put him down.
Ann wants to warn people how harmful air rifles can be.
She said: “I think a lot of people think that they do not do a lot of harm, that they just bounce off.
“It is not a bit of fun. They can kill animals.”
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