“Pets belonging to former Coppell mayor are adopted - Texas Cable News” |
| Pets belonging to former Coppell mayor are adopted - Texas Cable News Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:58 PM PDT 12:00 AM CDT on Saturday, September 11, 2010COPPELL – The murder-suicide that left Coppell Mayor Jayne Peters and her daughter, Corinne, dead stunned North Texas this summer. Two months later, the six pets left behind by the family are adjusting to their new homes. When Coppell police entered the Peterses' home July 13, they found a typed note from the mayor on the counter. Peters made various requests: forgiveness; cremation; and care for their two dogs, Hope and Lucy, and four cats, Mystic, Sassy, Snowflake and Reno. All six pets have been adopted. In a classroom in the Merrywood School in Duncanville, Sassy and Snowflake are together, pawing at a bookshelf. "I wish I knew which one was which," said Colleen FitzGerald, a sixth- and seventh-grade teacher at the school her family began 50 years ago. "I'm kind of going to judge by personality. But they are beautiful cats." FitzGerald is the head of Elliot's Friends, a pet rescue group, and the vice president of North Texas Samoyed Rescue. When she heard about the pets being left behind, she had a nagging feeling. "I thought, 'Gosh, I wish I could be in a position to help,' " FitzGerald said. "That thought kept coming back to me. Eventually, you think that you're supposed to go get those kitties." FitzGerald asked about the two 11-year-old Siamese cats and brought them home. She knew from the start that the two cats needed to be together. "When I got there, these kiddos were side by side in their little kennels, but there was a partition between them," FitzGerald said. "You could tell they were stressed. When those two cats saw each other and were able to touch and get back together, they just ran to each other and huddled." FitzGerald said that the cats have begun to recognize their new home and are adjusting very well. "They're just as sweet as can be and were obviously very well-cared for." More than 40 miles away in Copper Canyon is their one-time housemate Mystic, the Peterses' black cat. The color is a deterrent to some potential adopters, but not Dianne Brown. "I just felt that more people wouldn't respond than would," said Brown, who made Mystic the sixth cat in her household. "I'm particularly attracted to black cats. Someone has to stand up for the black cats in this world." Like FitzGerald, Brown said she was drawn to the cats by the news coverage. "I got e-mails from people that I know, and it was a topic of conversation for quite a while," Brown said. "The plight of animals is catastrophic in our world." While in the Coppell Animal Shelter, the 9-year-old Mystic began acting out, something that Brown said could have eventually jeopardized the cat's life. That's why Brown acted quickly, adding Mystic to the family. "Mystic is getting better with every day," Brown said. "She wasn't as happy with the new house. Mystic just didn't know where she was. It's been a month now, and Mystic is now very calm." The Peterses' two collies, Hope and Lucy, were adopted by a family quickly after arriving at the shelter. The family's fourth cat, Reno, has also found a new home. It's all good news for Brown, who said that what she did is nothing special. "I just wanted to help in some way to make sure they were taken care of," Brown said. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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