Y los gatos de Monsivais?

(version en ingles abajo / English version below)

Varias han sido las versiones que se han escuchado en los medios sobre el destino de los gatos del escritor Carlos Monsivais tras su lamentable fallecimiento a causa de fibrosis pulmonar. Para los que lo conocieron, ya sea en persona o a traves de los medios, resulta dificil pensar en el escritor sin que venga a la memoria alguna imagen de el con sus gatos.

Es lamentable que una prima de el, la senora Beatriz Sanchez Monsivais, haya dicho que habia decidido "dormir" a los gatos, que ya habian matado a la mitad y que faltaba la otra mitad.

Tal declaracion no resulta inverosimil, dado que su familia ha culpado en reiteradas ocasiones a los felinos del fallecimiento del Sr. Monsivais, incluso a pesar de que expertos neumologos lo han desmentido.

En otras ocasiones, la familia del escritor asegura lo contrario: que los felinos se encuentran bien.

Versiones opuestas, por un lado, y el que a nadie le conste que los gatos esten bien por el otro, ha causado mucha incertidumbre y molestia por parte de la opinion publica.

Carlos Monsivais siempre se manifesto por el trato digno a los animales. Quiso mucho a sus gatos, e incluso, fundo una asociacion para ayuda a gatos desamparados. Seria verdaderamente absurdo que ahora que ya no vive, sus gatos sean muertos por su propia familia.

Es por ello que los que aqui firmamos pedimos a la familia del Sr. Carlos Monsivais dos cosas:

En primer lugar, les pedimos que no maten a los gatos, si es que queda alguno vivo. Ellos no son los culpables del fallecimiento del Sr. Monsivais. Entendemos la pena que los embarga en estos momentos, pero tambien sabemos que no seria justo desquitarse con los pequenos felinos.

En segundo lugar, queremos que se nos aclare la situacion de los gatos del escritor. Que ha sido de ellos, y que sera de ellos? Siguen vivos? Queremos estar seguros de como estan.

[intencionalmente sin acentos]

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Many versions have been heard in the media about the destiny of the cats of the writer Carlos Monsivais after his regrettable passing away due to pulmonary fibrosis. For those who knew him, either personally or through the media, it would be hard to imagine him without his cats.

It's regrettable that a cousin of him, Mrs. Beatriz Sanchez Monsivais, said she had decided to "put them to sleep", that they had already killed half of them, and that the other half would follow the next day.

Such declarations don't seem unlikely, given the writer's family has been blaming the cats for his death, even after expert pneumologists have said cats have nothing to do with what he suffered from.

At other times, however, his family has stated the opposite: that the felines are well.

Opposite versions, and that none really knows whether the cats are well or not, have provoked uncertainty and unrest in the public opinion.

He always pronounced himself for the humane treatment of animals. He loved his cats, and even founded a society  to help homeless cats. It would be truly absurd that his cats are killed by his own family now that he's no longer with us.

That is why we, the undersigned, ask the family of Mr. Carlos Monsivais two things:

First, we ask them not to kill the cats (if there's any left). They are not to blame for the death of Mr. Monsivais. We understand the grief that overwhelms the family at the moment, but we know that revenge would not be fair to the small felines.

Secondly, we would like to know the status of the cats. What has happened to them, and what will happen to them. Are they still alive? We want to be sure of their situation.