Hi. I wasn't here at FDMB when that happened to you. However, I want to say two things: One, if you are ready to honor your cat and move on, that is the right thing for you to do. I hope you are and you can find some peace. If you are ready, it is what is best for you, and you need to begin to heal. It may be that taking further steps to have this person brought to justice will cause you more harm, and it's not worth it. Karma will take care of it. Your cat is at peace. ***** See below if interested in how I know about this sort of thing.
If you are not ready or can't be yet, I think that what this DA needs is a letter from every single member of this board asking him why he will not prosecute, and demanding an answer. Then, we get it in the media that he has received all these letters, on youtube, on Facebook, everywhere. I am so tired of it being within the discretion of a DA who will charge people who are desperately poor and have no child care so they left the kid at home for 10 minutes while they bought milk for the child and nothing bad happened, but who is a DA who will not prosecute true monsters who deliberately harm animals. (I'm not condoning leaving the kid at home, and Please everyone! I'm not trying to start a conversation about that subject! I'm just trying to make a point about the fact that an animal is just as helpless and at the mercy of adults as is a child.)
Ultimately, it should be your decision whether we do this or not. If by doing something like this we were to prolong your pain, that would be a shame. Again, your cat is at peace, and she would not want you to continue hurting like this. She is playing in the grass, chasing butterflies, and sunning herself. Being haunted by the nature of her death is normal and natural, but now that she is at peace you have to learn that you can be, too. It is okay if you let go of all those bad feelings. That is what I tell myself about the several animals and my relatives I have had who died from events over which I had no control. It helps me, at least.
*******(I don't "move on" all that well, and I have to take action someday or I won't stop hurting. However, I have learned that I'm in for more anxiety and sadness (and disappointment at the fact that those in charge sometimes don't care, or worse, have an interest in the status quo) when I decide to continue the process and try to bring someone to "justice." Long story: my 98 year old grandfather with Alzheimer's was left alone at night by his court appointed guardian after I begged the man to provide 24 hour care for him. He nearly froze to death, but was rescued by a friend he had called earlier that night. After this "guardian" was exposed in court by my private investigator and then had to take the witness stand and admit he messed up so seriously, that guy still has his job (elected) as the guardian for all the elderly and incapacitated people in that county. I plan to change that.)
