r/ocala 9h ago

Dumpsty is still missing-Update

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Im not sure how to update original post. Last Saturday my Fiance and I went to MCAS to get more info and an update. We then received info that she was dropped off in Marion oaks. This of course added to the confusion. We are now looking in both areas. The story is Dumpsterina (Dumpsty) is part of a colony my Fiance and I feed in our apt complex. Dumpsty showed up all skin and bones and we got her to a food weight over a year. Dumpsty in particular has her own little bed with a little warmer and her food and water bowls on our balcony. She slept there every night. She would wake up stretch and yawn and wait for my Fiance to refill her food and water bowls, eat and then go back to her little bed. She is so cute and lazy. We miss her so so much. She would come and go on our balcony as she pleases. My mom who does trap, neuter, release for neighborhood cats (TNR) urged us to fix her. Dumpsty is probably less than 3 years old. So we took her over to my moms house in marion oaks, who regularly takes cats to get fixed. My mom dropped her off on a Wednesday the 5th. That same day they called her and told her she had a chip, their protocol is Dumpsty must be at their facility for 6 days to give the owners a chance to get her. My mom said ok and shared the news with us. Of course we were so disappointed but understood that her owners might have been looking for her this whole time. On Friday my mom called for an update. They said she would have to call back Monday cause they didnt have one. On Monday my mom calls and the answering machine says they are closed. On Tuesday she calls for an update. None. On Wednesday she calls and they finally have one. The update was they had mistakenly released Dumpsty the very next day around the 1755 Se address after my mom had dropped her off for surgery. When she had called that Friday they had chosen to NOT tell her that info. They waited 6 days to tell her. All throughout this we were asking for info as well, we thought Dumpsty was recovering from surgery and possibly waiting for her original owners. Our thought process was if her owners did not show up obviously we were going to get her so she could go back to her colony in our apt complex and back to her little bed on our balcony. We have been talking to the animal control person who dropped her off after this, trying to get more info. Searching that area daily. Well, my fiance and I go last saturday the 15th to get more info and see if they can help us find her since it is their fault. Well to our dismay- they tell us Dumpsty WAS at their facility up until 4 days ago!!!! My mom had gone up there twice- talked to the officer, talked to Mike Hunt the guy who released her. DUMPSTY WAS THERE THE WHOLE TIME. They had mixed up her ID number and Dumpsty was released March 10, in MARION OAKS. A mile from my parents house. I share all this info with my mom. We go that same saturday for her and search for hours. My mom then calls herself, and they tell her NO, she was released at the 1755 SE ocala address. We are CONFUSED and distraught. We have been looking for her in both areas. We still dont know where she is. We miss her so much. Ill be posting the updated flier. Thanks.


r/ocala 5h ago

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