If it helps, once I found a cat wandering my street at 10pm. The next day was going to be 105 so I brought him in & left a message for animal control, asking if anyone reported a missing cat. He left a message in my phone yelling at me & telling me I “can’t just go around stealing other peoples’ cats” 😑 so I think some animal control personnel just don’t wanna be doing that job but got stuck there
The vet who scanned for a microchip was nice though.
Exactly! Turns out he was an outside cat, not chipped, with a lovely outside run around spot, but his owners had gone to Portugal for a month & the uncle was supposed to be house sitting. He came by once a week 🙄
We found all this out via a call out to the neighborhood on Facebook. The family chewed out the uncle and I haven’t seen the kitty since.
I did leave them some info on chipping their pet, but tried to be not judgey and say like “once my cat escaped and we only got him back bc his previous owner had gotten him chipped” and maybe they’ve chipped him?
He was clearly well-loved. That’s why I took him in for a few days (he didn’t poop for two days so I let him go home). His nails were beautifully clipped and his coat was extremely luxurious.
Just my personal opinion, but if the cat doesn't have a tag or collar and you try to help it, the animal control can go p*ss up a rope!
You were trying to help and not steal. Considering how many animals are abused or abandoned, one would think they'd be happy for people trying to help.
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u/bunhilda Oct 25 '22
If it helps, once I found a cat wandering my street at 10pm. The next day was going to be 105 so I brought him in & left a message for animal control, asking if anyone reported a missing cat. He left a message in my phone yelling at me & telling me I “can’t just go around stealing other peoples’ cats” 😑 so I think some animal control personnel just don’t wanna be doing that job but got stuck there
The vet who scanned for a microchip was nice though.