Officer response not helpful

It was with great sadness that on returning home from town on January 22 I discovered a cat that had been run over.

Having lost cats in a similar way myself, I tried to find any identification by removing the collar, but to no avail.

As I was replacing the collar a police car pulled up to inquire as to what I was doing. After a brief explanation, two officers, a man and a woman, joined me on the pavement.

Although visibly moved by the situation, they said there was little the police could do except inform the council of the incident so that it could remove the body.

At no point did I see or hear them take down any details of the cat's description.

They were more concerned that the cat should be moved to a less obvious spot.

After a lot of "umming and erring" I could tell that neither of the officers was prepared to actually do this.

So I picked up the cat and moved it to a quieter spot.

My point is that I'm pretty sure most members of the public, having lost a pet, would call the police station to report it, or to see if there was any report of a found animal.

Having not taken any details of this occurrence, how could these officers or their colleagues inform any caller of the incident?

Secondly, I was amazed that neither officer was prepared to move the cat

So it is with sadness that I have to inform the owner of a large black and grey tabby, wearing a black collar with five-pointed stars on it and living in the St Michael's Street area of Shrewsbury, of their loss.

Mr C F Smith, Shrewsbury