Oct 9, 2026 · 37 min · 11 segments
Tracey Finnegan speaks to Kieran about the loss of her cat Felix who was stolen in Blackrock, Cork last week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ciaran CudahyHostEllen McCormackGuest
Paul HalpinGuestNot anymore.
I did have five when I came to live here, but they all died off of old age, and one, one of them lived to be almost 21.
But, um, I had another cat then after that who was a semi-wildy, but he, he disappeared on me.
I have a good idea wh- who disappeared him, 'cause he was, he was, he was a, a wildy cat, and he wasn't liked, and he'd go and poo in other people's gardens and that kind of thing, and he'd stand up to dogs and that.
So in the area, he generally wasn't liked.
But he disappeared on the 21st of September '21, and I never saw him since.
But, um, those things just are happening to cats.
This is a very bad time of the year for cats, or even dogs that are...
Now, not, not where I live.
But cats, it's very hard to contain cats by their very nature.
But if you get used, if you get, let them get used to using the litter tray, mine were always in at night.
Never let them out when, when I moved here, because it's a built-up area.
And they'll get, they'll get used to using the litter tray.
But that's an awful thing, but that's, that's...
They, they, they have a thing now that they call, uh, what is it called? Swing ta- swing tail cat or something, where they beat their heads.
They're cycling along, or they're walking along, and they're swinging the cat by its tail and banging it off the wall or a car or any- anything they're thinking that's going to kill it or injure it.
'Cause there are a lot of cat haters out there.
And then Halloween, they throw them on the bonfire, or if they find kittens or, just throw them on the bonfire.
They're just rotten, dirty people.
I don't know how you'd stop it
... s- swing tail, is that a, kind of an online phenomenon, something you've seen?
Not anymore.
I did have five when I came to live here, but they all died off of old age, and one, one of them lived to be almost 21.
But, um, I had another cat then after that who was a semi-wildy, but he, he disappeared on me.
I have a good idea wh- who disappeared him, 'cause he was, he was, he was a, a wildy cat, and he wasn't liked, and he'd go and poo in other people's gardens and that kind of thing, and he'd stand up to dogs and that.
So in the area, he generally wasn't liked.
But he disappeared on the 21st of September '21, and I never saw him since.
But, um, those things just are happening to cats.
This is a very bad time of the year for cats, or even dogs that are...
Now, not, not where I live.
But cats, it's very hard to contain cats by their very nature.
But if you get used, if you get, let them get used to using the litter tray, mine were always in at night.
Never let them out when, when I moved here, because it's a built-up area.
And they'll get, they'll get used to using the litter tray.
But that's an awful thing, but that's, that's...
They, they, they have a thing now that they call, uh, what is it called? Swing ta- swing tail cat or something, where they beat their heads.
They're cycling along, or they're walking along, and they're swinging the cat by its tail and banging it off the wall or a car or any- anything they're thinking that's going to kill it or injure it.
'Cause there are a lot of cat haters out there.
And then Halloween, they throw them on the bonfire, or if they find kittens or, just throw them on the bonfire.
They're just rotten, dirty people.
I don't know how you'd stop it
... s- swing tail, is that a, kind of an online phenomenon, something you've seen?
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