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Demovictory9

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20. lovely!! their loss was your gain

Reply to More_Cowbell (Reply #12)

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 06:42 PM

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family moved without taking cats they adopted last year [View all] Demovictory9 Nov 2019 OP

Bastards. LakeArenal Nov 2019 #1

Exactly. In some jurisdictions, there are laws that stop this kind of behavior from happening... SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #3

Should be a felony. LakeArenal Nov 2019 #5

Our neighbors left a cat behind after they were evicted. Boxerfan Nov 2019 #2

About a mile from my house MuseRider Nov 2019 #4

How can you be sure these were not undocumented immigrants? Baitball Blogger Nov 2019 #6

Why would you think undocumented immigrants are the culprits? erronis Nov 2019 #11

That is exactly the point. Baitball Blogger Nov 2019 #14

Where did that comment come from? Ferrets are Cool Nov 2019 #15

Because these people had lives. Baitball Blogger Nov 2019 #16

There is, as far as I can tell, no mention of ICE in this article. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2019 #24

Probably because I am latina and I empathize strongly with what is happening to Baitball Blogger Nov 2019 #25

Quite a leap without much evidence. TDale313 Nov 2019 #27

It was just one possibility of many. And it's an issue that is never far from my thoughts. Baitball Blogger Nov 2019 #32

Sadly, I think a lot of times TDale313 Nov 2019 #33

Wel, if those states that are passing laws against cruelity to animals add abandonment Baitball Blogger Nov 2019 #36

The people behind me did that with their cat and she started coming into my house through my dog Maraya1969 Nov 2019 #7

"they were adopted as kittens" IcyPeas Nov 2019 #8

A happy story. FuzzyRabbit Nov 2019 #9

great story Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #19

Yayy I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2019 #30

I hate people like this. nt Duppers Nov 2019 #10

I got my cat 9 years ago More_Cowbell Nov 2019 #12

lovely!! their loss was your gain Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #20

We have adopted several ferrets that were "left" behind Ferrets are Cool Nov 2019 #13

yeah.... Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #21

I have a "left behind" Tomcat sitting on my lap as I type this. Midnight Writer Nov 2019 #17

an apartment owner I knew... all his pets were "left behinds". After renters move out, he would go Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #22

Good for him. It is heartbreaking to see a loving pet lose it's home. Midnight Writer Nov 2019 #23

I have a cat who was left behind at my apartment complex Skittles Nov 2019 #18

I'm glad you took her in. Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #34

I work night shift Skittles Nov 2019 #38

Years ago, Lefta Dissenter Nov 2019 #26

Bunch of fuckers I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2019 #28

Oh how awful !!!! A new cat showed up in my barn about a month ago Tumbulu Nov 2019 #29

Support your local rescue organizations. I am a volunteer foster and the OP's story is sadly common. spooky3 Nov 2019 #31

I found one, too. Rhiannon12866 Nov 2019 #35

I still wonder about a cat I rehomed MrsMatt Nov 2019 #37