Neighbors are calling for change after a Kaukauna police officer picked up a lost cat over the weekend and pledged to take it to an animal shelter. Instead, the cat was abandoned in a remote location far from home.
Neighbors call for change after Kaukauna police officer abandons lost cat
Michael Lynch said it started when he spotted “Walter” near his mother’s yard on Sunday. He said he quickly realized the friendly animal was someone’s pet rather than a feral cat.
After giving the animal food and water, Lynch called the Kaukauna Police Department. According to Lynch, the responding officer told him he would take Walter back to the station until the local pet shelter opened on Monday. Ring camera footage shows the officer taking the cat carrier to his patrol car.
Michael Lynch’s Ring footage from the day police took Walter the cat
The next day, Angela Lowe, Walter’s owner, reached out to Lynch after seeing the cat’s picture online. When Lynch told her the cat had been taken by police to the humane society, Lowe called to arrange pickup.
However, when Lowe contacted the shelter, she was told no one from the Kaukauna Police Department had dropped off a cat.
Lowe found Walter in a field Monday afternoon after hours of searching through thick brush and difficult terrain…