All I ask is that you try and find that cats owners and let them know what happened to their poor cat.

If you don't find any owners that is great the cat was a stray but if the cat is owned think of how much heartache the owners are going though looking for their lost cat.

I would rethink what you do with the next 'stray' cat, a shelter is a better place to take a cat so the owners have the option of finding their cat.

In England it is a legal requirement that a cat must be held for seven days before being adopted out, American law must be lapse in this respect.