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04/19/2018 01:54 pm ET
His former family asked a local animal shelter to euthanize him. They refused.
By Hilary Hanson
Things are looking up for a North Carolina cat who walked 12 miles to get back to his former home, only to have his owners surrender him to an animal shelter and ask that he be euthanized.
Luckily for the fluffy orange cat, named Toby, the shelter refused to do so. Instead, they transferred him to another shelter the SPCA of Wake County, where he was put up for adoption. The SPCA announced this week that Toby had found a new, loving family.
Tobys former owners had tried to find him a new home because of conflicts with their other cats, SPCA of Wake County communications manager Tara Lynn told HuffPost.
Toby originally showed up to their home as a stray cat, and [Toby and the other cats] werent getting along, she said.
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fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)ailsagirl
(22,876 posts)So glad cat found a loving home
iscooterliberally
(2,856 posts)After what I went through yesterday, I just can't imagine asking a shelter to 'euthanize' the poor guy. IMO they really 'euphamized' the word euthanize. These people asked for poor Toby to be killed. I have an orange stray cat that lives mostly in my front yard/car port. We call him Max. We don't let him in because he doesn't get along with our other cats. We got him fixed and got him his rabies shots, etc. We and our next door neighbors feed him. Anyway, I'm glad that Toby found a home!
packman
(16,296 posts)iscooterliberally
(2,856 posts)Max is a good boy. The folks who used to live behind us named him. He really wasn't their cat either, but they did take him in their home sometimes. Unfortunately they got foreclosed on and had to move. The guy that wanted to keep him ended up sleeping on his friend's couch. He would call me from time to time, but I haven't heard from him in a few months now. At least it's always warm here in sunny South Florida. As long as Max stays out of the road, he should be just fine.