Update and pictures of "poofed' kitten

[aTailOf2Kitties]

Crayon took something he/she knew belonged to someone else. It is not his/her place to decide who deserves to own a pet.

[phesina]

Crayon took something he/she knew belonged to someone else. It is not his/her place to decide who deserves to own a pet.

A pet deserves to be owned by someone who looks after it and takes care of it.

Do you also think it is not anyone else's place to decide who deserves to have custody of a child, no matter how badly abused or mistreated that child may be?

[aTailOf2Kitties]

so, you're saying we should be allowed to kidnap an abused child instead of calling the authorities?

the cat was not mistreated, just shy. Who are we, the Cat police? Call animal control to deal with an animal you honestly think has been abused. It's their job to figure this stuff out. If you just flat-out want the cat, at least have the decency to tell them you have it. Hiding the truth is the same as lying. In the end they may not care if you keep it, but you need to confirm that with them.

I'm just glad none of you live close to me. I might end up with one less cat after one of your judgemental visits. Clearly I mistreat Havoc, otherwise he wouldn't run funny and have a watery eye.

If shelters were as judgemental of potential owners as the rest of you, how many more animals would die?

[phesina]

so, you're saying we should be allowed to kidnap an abused child instead of calling the authorities?

No, I'm saying we shouldn't just ignore it.

[Catty1]

Ummm...the cat's owners are not looking for him or seemingly worried at all.

There have been many 'poofed' cats in the history of Pet Talkers and it is not done lightly.

TO2Ks - how the heck do you know he was just shy and not mistreated? You don't live there - the OP does. Never mind the number of times this kitty has been out in the hall and has had to be returned to the original owners.

Crayons, knock on their door and ask for the food and litterbox!

[aTailOf2Kitties]

because Crayons came back and said that the kitty cowered but looked healthy.

If I'm walking in front of your house and 20 bucks falls out of my pocket and you see it but don't say anything, you gonna poof that too? It's mine, you know it's mine, but you'll say I don't deserve it because I didn't know it fell out?

[Catty1]

A child can be fed and clothed, but suffer emotional and mental abuse.

The fact that these owners aren't even looking for their cat - does that not tell you anything???

If you feel so strongly about this, contact the police or Humane Society in Crayon's city and report a theft.

[cassiesmom]

I am so sorry. I only bumped up this thread because I wanted to find out if Crayons09 had chosen a name for the kitty. I did not mean to set off a controversy. I don't believe Crayons09 took someone else's cat. I apologize for causing trouble - that was not my intent. Please forgive me.

Thank you,
Elyse

[katladyd]

My Mac was poofed from people that let him out and never checked on him. Once, he was locked in someone's garage for 10 days while the owners were on vacation! The owners of the garage were out of town and didn't find him until they came home. They knew who he belonged to and took him home. Next day, he's out again. He was never fed by his owners and he wandered the neighborhood looking for food. He wasn't fixed and had never had shots. One of my supervisors at work took him back to his owner's house after she found him in her house...again! Mac knew which houses on the block had cats and cat food in them and he figured out how to get in each one of them (that is why I named him MacGyver, he's good at coming up with solutions to problems) Anyway, the upshot of this story is that the neighborhood felt so sorry for this kind, intelligent kitty that one of them poofed him and took him to work and gave him to me.
Yes, he did belong to someone else, and no, he wasn't technically abused, but he WAS NOT in a loving home! My supervisor later told me that they never even asked about him or looked for him. I not a big one for poofing, but sometimes it is in the best interests of the kitty!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I agree that you shouldn't steal someone elses pets in most cases but there are always exceptions to any rule. If they are mistreated or neglected which was both the case of this poofed kitten and of katladyd's Mac then they should be poofed to a home where they are loved, cherished, and of course spoiled.

Some people should never have pets to begin with because they either lose interest in them or they just don't give their pets the care that they need. As Catty1 has already stated, these people never even bothered to search for their poofed kitten. I bet they lost interest in him or felt he was just too much work for them so they kept putting him out in the hallway hoping that he'd find a home some where else. I still think that Crayons09 did the right thing.