PIF,

I will answer your question with a question. Does any rescuer ever know without a shadow of a doubt that the animal they are trying to help is without a home( with the acception of ferals)? Anytime I have come upon an unsupervised animal that I feel needs my help I have considered the fact that they might have a home and have feared that by me helping them that I might be rescuing someone's baby. But my greatest fear is that I do nothing and then I come upon the animal dead on the road somewhere. To me that is the greatest tragedy of all people who do nothing to help an animal in need. I would never be able to live with myself if that happened. I know everyone is not always going to agree on how to handle a situation, but I feel I did what I thought was best at the time and what was best for the kitten. Each person just does the best they can. I have looked in the lost ads in the newspaper and have looked around for lost cat signs in the area and have found none.

Melissa