# There is a dead cat in the front yard **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 1, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764 "2010-08-01T02:32:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/1 "2010-08-01T02:32:06Z")
I guess it got hit by a car what do I do? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/2 "2010-08-01T02:35:04Z")
Our house Is a very,very fine house With dead cat in the yard Its body going hard Now everything is easy Cause of you ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/3 "2010-08-01T02:50:00Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Our house > Is a very,very fine house > With dead cat in the yard > Its body going hard > Now everything is easy > Cause of you Thank You ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/4 "2010-08-01T03:59:52Z")
Animal control. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/5 "2010-08-01T04:14:08Z")
bury it in the backyard with full cat-mousing honors or fling it in the street and call the city for dead animal pickup. ---
**Author:** ![dragoncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@dragoncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragoncat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/6 "2010-08-01T04:40:48Z")
Throw it in the dumpster/trash can? ---
**Author:** ![supergoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/7 "2010-08-01T04:46:47Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > bury it in the backyard with full cat-mousing honors or fling it in the street and call the city for dead animal pickup. Unless it has tags. And if it were me, even if it doesn’t have a collar, I’d contact my neighbors to see if the cat belongs to any of them. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/8 "2010-08-01T04:53:03Z")
It could have a microchip as well, I have no idea if they look for that kind of thing when they pick it up. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/9 "2010-08-01T04:53:24Z")
One day my lovely neighbor with the heavy Chinese accent stopped by to ask if I’d lost my yellow kite. I said no and thanked her. Later I realized out ginger cat was missing, and went to ask her about it. Yep, it was our sweet Milo who had been hit by a car in front of her house. It was awful but also good to know what had happened. I second a quick survey of the neighbors, give them the option of a backyard funeral. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/10 "2010-08-01T05:22:03Z")
We double-bagged the dead stray in front of our house and put him in the trash. I say “we” but my husband did the honors while I sniffled and gave an impromptu valediction (“Better luck next time, kitty.”). 1. We knew for sure it was just a neighborhood stray because we’d asked around if anyone owned this cat after finding him on our roof. (Yeah, I figure he climbed our tree and hung out on the roof.) If he’d had tags or if I’d noticed him hanging in someone else’s yard, I’d have notified them before disposing of the kitty corpse. 2. It was hot and my husband did not want to dig a three foot deep hole for a cat that wasn’t even ours. Our local animal control disposes of the bodies of its euthanised animals in the landfill, so I figured we weren’t doing any different. 3. It was surprisingly not smelly in the can with the double-bagging. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/11 "2010-08-01T05:26:36Z")
R.I.P. dead kitty ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/12 "2010-08-01T16:00:14Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JcXzdq9kMw0/hqdefault.jpg "Eric Bogle & John Munro : Nobodys Moggy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcXzdq9kMw0) Sorry, had to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/13 "2010-08-01T16:04:31Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > There is a dead cat in the front yard > > what do I do? Give it an enema. . ---
**Author:** ![Picard\_Kills\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Picard\_Kills\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Picard_Kills_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/14 "2010-08-01T16:08:24Z")
One morning, Kevin wakes up to find his dog dead, lying next to his bed. He can’t quite believe it, so decides to take him to the vet. The Vet takes one look at the dog and says, “Kevin, I’m truly sorry, but your dog is dead.” “No. He can’t be dead. I demand a second opinion!” replies Kevin. The doctor nods and agrees. He goes into the back room and brings out a cat. The cat jumps all over the dog, bites it, looks at the vet and says, “Meow.” The vet again says, “I’m sorry but your dog is truly dead.” Kevin says, “No!, I don’t believe it, I want another opinion.” The vet nods and brings out a Labrador Retriever, which then begins to jump all over the dead dog, tugging at it before barking, “Woof roof woof!” The vet says, “Sir, your dog is dead. That will be 400 dollars.” " to tell me my dog is dead?" asks Kevin. “Well,” the vet replies, “I charge 50 dollars, the cat scan is 200 and the lab test is 150 dollars…” ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/15 "2010-08-01T16:49:51Z")
> [@lisacurl](#): > > 1. It was hot and my husband did not want to dig a three foot deep hole for a cat that wasn’t even ours. Being as there are no established kitteh burial customs, why dig three feet? Put it under about one foot, with a spray of wild flowers or just a piece of old wood on which one has written: CAT. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/16 "2010-08-01T17:01:38Z")
**Note to self.** Cancel dinner plans at PSXer’s house tonight. ;)Road kill soup just isn’t for me. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/17 "2010-08-01T17:04:33Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > …why dig three feet? To keep other critters from smelling it and digging it up? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/18 "2010-08-02T02:51:31Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@PSXer](#): > > > > There is a dead cat in the front yard > > > > what do I do? > > Give it an enema. I’m so glad I opened this thread. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/19 "2010-08-02T03:17:35Z")
> [@Silver\_Fire](#): > > > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > > Give it an enema. > > I’m so glad I opened this thread. 😛 You’re supposed to say: How is that supposed to help?!? re: OP: I would leave it on the street for animal control. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764/20 "2010-08-02T03:18:32Z")
No, someone else is supposed to ask that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-dead-cat-in-the-front-yard/548764.md?page=2)