Pets are legally considered property. One can get into a whole lot of trouble by taking someone else's pet. Legally, it's theft.
I agree that the best and really only thing to do is if abuse is suspected to call police or animal control. I understand that some places have terrible animal control offices that are apparently useless, so if that doesn't work and the police can't do anything either (I think unless it's extreme neglect that needs immediate attention they can't, and I don't know how they decide what is "extreme"
then IIRC the SPCA can also intervene. I'd start with the police though and see how that goes since they'd be the most likely ones to do something immediately. Personally, a cat that has no water I would definitely consider an extreme situation.
I swear I just don't get some people. Just how does one do this to a poor defenseless animal?
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