Just not a good day around here

A few days ago one of my house cats got out because someone didn't close the door all the way. We found her body this evening, something killed her.
Whitey my White Pekin who is known for being egg-bound and hasn't had a problem in months was just found dead under the bush she likes to sleep under at night. She died sometime after lunch. Her last 8 eggs I had been collecting just went in the incubator today.
I just hate it.

 

Thank you all, I just hurt so bad right now. It's well known around here that I feel more for animals than humans because we are charged with their care. It's up to us to protect them and I feel like I failed. I know I didn't, but Lilly was a very special cat, she was brought to me as a rescue several years ago. She was part Bobcat and the only survivor of a litter. She'd been strangled and left for dead, she had no voice, her vocal cords had been crushed. She was terrified of humans with good reason.
Whitey I've held in a warm towel and massaged so many times to get her through being bound. I don't know what happened, she looked so peaceful like she was sleeping. I've always felt she wouldn't be here long, but it had been a little over a year and I thought maybe I was wrong. Now the other three from her group are out there mourning her, I won't move her body 'til morning so they can say goodbye.

 

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