My cat is missing and roaming around without her collar. I did what I could, put posters up, distributed flyers, talked to my neighbours. So when my phone rang at 10:30 at night this Wednesday, I thought someone had found her sneaking into their house and I was hopeful when I picked up the phone that I would see my cat again. Instead, someone pretending to be an old lady asked me to describe my cat, told me she had caught a cat in a rabbit snare and was wondering if other people had lost their cats, and if I knew a way to contact them so she could ask whether she could eat their dead cat.

I guess you thought it was funny, because I heard laughter in the background when I asked who was calling. You had made sure to hide your number so I couldn't trace you back. Congratulations, you managed to wake up and shake up a grown-up in the middle of the night, and make her cry. It was cruel, cowardly and uncalled for. Now that you had your fun, please have the decency never to do it again. –Not Laughing