Have you ever walked by a lost cat poster in your neighborhood, or anywhere you’ve seen one, and wondered if the cat on the poster was ever found? Have you wondered about the rest of the story? You see the cat is lost, and a human owner telling the best details for a hopeful and swift return.
This space is for the stories of those cat posters. Did you ever look for or see a missing cat you saw on a poster? Who made that poster; all that passion put into finding a missing cat. And what happened, the CAT! I wondered how many lost cats were found and returned to their owners from all the cat posters I see, so I decided to call them and find out.
Lost cat posters are a unique way that people communicate, a poster geographically specific to a neighborhood or zone. All the potential people close by who may see the lost cat and reunite them with their family. I see the story in a cat poster as one way of saying a bit about us as people and neighbors. One aspect of living amidst a community with others who happen to live in the same corner of the world.
Losing a cat is traumatic, and giving people an opportunity to talk about their cat and share a bit of the story can remind us of our shared humanity. People are routinely genuine and funny and mostly kind. We are neighbors. We have more that connects us than not. If the stories in our 509 neighbors interests you, makes you laugh, or reminds you of facets of being human you can relate to, then that’s a story worth reading. The most interesting stories are all around in the hearts of people you meet every day. Here’s to cats, and us!