I work for a cement roof tile manufacturer. We stack tile on pallets and store them in our yard. Birds love to make nest and we have all kind of birds in the pallets but prey also attracts predators. Namely cats. We have all kinds of cats in our yard......and sometimes they look for shelter in our machines. Its a sure death for any cat looking for a place to sleep and unfortunately I've removed dismembered bodies on a few occasions. This day 2 small, maybe 6 month old, cats decided they were going to use our cure bays/ovens as shelter. Big mistake! They ran in as I was driving up to the bay. Think of it as an oven the size of 3 houses. Ya, big. They went in there and I tried to scare them out but they just went in deeper. Unfortunately, we rerun the rooms and production cannot stop. I tried to leave the room open as I could but I saw no cats run out. I can only hope they did when I wasn't there but I don't know. The boss signaled me to shut the room and, at that point, I had no choice. I shut the door and turned on the oven. If they were in there they would be cooked within minutes. I'm sorry to have to had done that and I can only hope the cats were not in there. Being the animal lover that I am will surely have me regretting this day for some time. It's unfortunate and the cats don't know any better but still it's going to be with me for a while.
