GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM)- A young cat will soon be up for adoption after being stuffed into the drop box at a Grand Rapids library. A staff member discovered the cat a few days after Labor Day. The female cat was inside the book return.
Karen Terpstra, Executive Director at the Kent County Humane Society says it was a cruel act. "Dropping an animal into an enclosed box like that is not kind."
Last Wednesday, 1-year old "Dewey" was discovered inside the book return at the public library on Bridge Street.
"I have a lot of concerns. If someone's not able to keep an animal or if they find an animal, please bring it to us at the Kent County Humane Society or the Kent County Animal Shelter, so it can be safe."
Terpstra says "Dewey" could have been hurt by a falling book or by being trapped in a dark box. "There is no food, no water, no litter, and since it was right after the holiday, she could have been in there for several days."
"Dewey" made it through her ordeal. The Kent County Humane Society says she's healthy and has a sweet personality. She'll be held at the shelter for seven days and if nobody claims her, she will be put up for adoption next week.
The library staff told Terpstra that they named him "Dewey" after a cat that lived in an Iowa library for 19 years. That "Dewey" was found in the return box of the library and the staff took him on as their official "library cat". He died in 2006, but his image and story lives-on in several books.
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