{"id":200473,"date":"2022-09-28T05:26:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T05:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defused.com\/?p=200473"},"modified":"2022-09-28T05:26:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T05:26:40","slug":"couple-rescues-stray-cat-adopts-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defused.com\/couple-rescues-stray-cat-adopts-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple Rescues A Stray Cat, Pays Medical Bills And Adopts It, Previous Owner Shows Up And Wants The Cat Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stray cats do not live a good life, they should be adopted and given love and care.<\/h2>\n

Although stray cats are free to live and roam around the streets but definitely they are not living their best lives. They are often underweight and are dealing with many life-threatening diseases which can only be treated by a vet. So, if you see a stray cat, take it to the vet and adopt it. A couple found a stray cat that looked underweight and sick. They called the local humane society and they found out that the cat was not microchipped.<\/p>\n

The local humane society took the cat away and waited for a week to see if the owners contact them and take the cat away but no one contacted and after a week, the shelter contacted OP and OP spent $425 and adopted the cat. After some days, the old owner of the cat showed up and told OP to give it back to them since their cat was missing and they have been looking for it everywhere. Scroll down to read if OP gave the cat back to the old owner or not.<\/p>\n

1. OP found a lost cat while he was on a walk with his girlfriend. The cat was sick and underweight. They called the local humane society and they took the cat away.<\/h2>\n

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2. The local shelter called OP after some days and told him that the cat was not microchipped and neutered. They told OP that if after a week, no one claimed the cat, OP can keep the cat.<\/h2>\n

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3. OP spent a grand total of $425 on the cat and got the cat.<\/h2>\n

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4. OP got a call from the previous owner saying that he’d like to have his cat back since his kids saw the cat in OP’s window.<\/h2>\n

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5. OP and his girlfriend didn’t like the idea of giving back the cat but they told the previous owner for the reimbursement of the legally required medical expenses.<\/h2>\n

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6. OP even offered the man $150 so he can get a new kitty for his kids but the previous owner declined the offer.<\/h2>\n

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7. The previous owner’s kids often come to say hi to the cat which annoys OP.<\/h2>\n

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8. The previous owners have already proved that they are irresponsible pet owners.<\/h2>\n

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9. Why OP thinks he can be TAH:<\/h2>\n

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10. OP should do the right thing and should give the cat back to the previous owner.<\/h2>\n

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11. OP just wants to be compensated for the medical expenses.<\/h2>\n

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12. OP should come up with a payment plan for the previous owner.<\/h2>\n

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13. With two kids and an unexpected sum of money is difficult for the previous owner too.<\/h2>\n

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14. OP contacted the shelter but hasn’t gotten a call back yet.<\/h2>\n

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15. If the previous owner cannot afford to get the cat neutered and microchipped he shouldn’t have the cat.<\/h2>\n

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If you were at OP’s place, would have you given the cat back to the previous owners? Let us know in the comment section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stray cats do not live a good life, they should be adopted and given love and care. Although stray cats are free to live and roam around the streets but definitely they are not living their best lives. They are often underweight and are dealing with many life-threatening diseases which can only be treated by […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":200506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,118],"tags":[826,99,62,9100,1637,65,9101,6891,9102,178,3062,3623],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Couple-Rescues-A-Stray-Cat-Pays-Medical-Bills-And-Adopts-It-Previous-Owner-Shows-Up-And-Wants-The-Cat-Back.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200473"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200952,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200473\/revisions\/200952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}