A woman who pulled up to a Summer Street home on a recent afternoon grew frightened by a cat she saw perched on the porch of the house, and contacted police to shoo it away before she’d get out of the car, according to a police report.
Police got the call around 3:40 p.m. on Sept. 10, at a Summer Street home near Lakeview Avenue, according to Animal Control Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt.
“She was afraid it was rabid because it had something in its mouth,” Kleinschmitt said.
Police arrived and found a friendly cat chewing on something, Kleinschmitt said. It kindly walked away when they shooed it, Kleinschmitt said. The woman presumably then got out of the car.
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A brand-new downtown family’s Swiss Mountain Dog was found roaming on Pine Street the day they moved in, police said.
At about 8:28 a.m. on Sept. 9, the purebred dog was spotted roaming across the street from Zumbach’s Gourmet Coffee, Kleinschmitt said.
The movers apparently allowed the dog (Sadie) out of a residence on Richmond Hill Road while moving in the family. She was returned safe and sound.
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A dog walker in Mead Park was issued a verbal warning for allowing a standard poodle off leash, police said. That happened around 1:17 p.m. on Sept. 11.
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A Turtle Back Road resident at 5:56 p.m. on Sept. 14 notified police about a coyote that she saw roaming in her own backyard. The caller was concerned about a neighbor’s dog, which often is outside, police said.