I’ve been writing articles for almost two decades but this is the most difficult one I have ever written. Because not being aware of our decisions, not taking full responsibility, and believing in the medical system without questioning cost my beautiful baby Casey’s life.

He is our beautiful cat, but not “just a cat,” truly a part of our family. We lived in a cottage next to a bird sanctuary on Molokai, and the lady who looked after the wetland area would put up traps all around — to catch cats, dogs, chicken, mongoose, anything that she thought might harm the birds. We found out later that she was killing the animals that she trapped, but that’s a different story.

Casey’s mom got caught in one of the traps and gave birth to three beautiful kittens. We heard her crying, climbed over the

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