Person 'Sneaks Away' Stray Cat From Security Guard, Guard Gets Angry, Leaves Rescuer Wondering If They Did The Right Thing (AITA)

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Mar 19, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

When it comes to cat rescues, normally, there is only one reaction: aww. We're thankful to see it every single time. There's never a debate. If a cat is alone and abandoned and gets rescued - that's amazing. If a cat is injured and walks up to someone and gets rescued - amazing. If a cat calls out for help - yelling - and gets rescued - incredible. We didn't that there was anything to argue about here, but apparently, in some situations, there is. 

This security guard apparently saw the stray cat that hangs out around the building as a mouser. But the cat, according to the person writing this post, was neglected and always hungry. So, they found the cat a home, and the security guard… was pissed about it. The internet decided the person writing the post was in the right, but what do you think?

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  • 01
    Font - r/AmltheA hole u/TeeEi91.1d Join 1 AITA for sneaking a stray cat away from the security guard at my work? Not the A-hole There is this stray cat at in front of my work, and I have been feeding him for almost 3 weeks now. He is always hungry (judging by the way he hurriedly wolfs down all the food), and he is very affectionate with me and my colleagues. I have asked the shops around and they all said that he's a stray, and he always asks for food from them as well. I decided to post about
    via u/TeeEi91

    Honestly, it's so upsetting for us to read about something like this - about someone investing so much time and love into a stray cat and into finding them a forever home only to get such a terrible reaction from someone. We're on your side here, just so you know, and we can only hope that more people will do as you did and help a stray kitty in need. 

  • 02
    Rectangle - On the day that I was supposed to bring the cat to the new owner, the security guard at my place made a scene and yelled at me about how he wants to keep the cat there to chase away the mice. I asked if he ever feeds the cats and he said it was none of my business (although judging by how hungry he is everytime I feed him I can tell the security never feeds the cat, and I never see him feeding the cat ever). He was adamant about not letting me take the cat.
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    Hey, if the guard was feeding the cat and taking care of the cat, this would have been a completely different story, but being that this is not the case, we don't think there's any place for them to complain about it. 

  • 03
    Font - When I left work at the end of the day, the cat followed me to where I park my motorbike, which happened to be away from the security's sight. I took the chance and put the cat in the carrier, and drove him to his new owner. My colleagues who left after me said that the security was not happy, and he kept using bad words to talk about how I took the cat away, claiming that even though he doesn't own the cat, I have no rights to take him away. Am I The A hole?
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  • 04
    Rectangle - PM_ME_BEEF_CURTAINS 1d Partassipant [3] You took a stray cat to a loving home against the wishes of someone who wanted to keep it stray and you think you might be an AH? No, absolutely not. NTA! ⠀ Reply 4.8k
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  • 05
    Font - YouthNAsia63 1d Colo-rectal Surgeon [43] The security guard that doesn't own the cat is upset that you took the cat that he does not own. Sucks for him. NTA and I hope the cat is loved and safe at its new home. NTA Reply 42.3k
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  • 06
    CryptographerNo8460 1d Enthusiast [5] NTA, the cat doesn't belong to the guard either and therefore he has no rights to keep it there or keep you from taking it. ← Reply 857
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  • 07
    Font - Everydayduckling 1d Partassipant [1] And not all cats are mousers, even if starving.
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  • 08
    Font - Legitimate-Moose-816 1d Partassipant [4] Exactly. Jade House-Panther (yes, she hyphenates) once caught a mouse. I had to tell her to drop it three times. Then I had to grab her and lock her in my bedroom. Felix the Fearless sat down, sniffed the mouse and meowed as if to say "Who are you and what makes you such a big deal?" I released the (uninjured) mouse outside with strict instructions to let his friends know our house should be considered a mouse-free zone since it was clear there was
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  • 09
    Font - MistyShadowWolf 1d The only potential mouser in our house currently is a declawed young calico named Hellen. (She was declawed for the safety of an elder cat with failing eyesight, the previous owner tried every other method available to them before going nuclear. They still hate themselves for declawing her.) My darling Cessa used to be a stray before the shelter picked her up, but she's so lazy a mouse will run right by her and she'll just look confused! And Simba is our Single Brain Ce
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  • 10
    Rectangle - gottaloveagoodbook 1d NTA. He said that he didn't and doesn't own the cat. There were no signs of him taking care of it. No one mentioned it belonging to the company. The guard just liked the fact that the sustenance hunting the cat had to do to stay alive made his job easier. How cruel.
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  • 11
    Font - Facetunethis 1d Certified Proctologist [26] If the cat was an effective mouser he wouldn't be hungry. So the cat was doing nothing productive. The security guard is just... Let's just leave it there. ΝΤΑ Edit: I say this because there is value in giving a properly feral (but still spayed and immunized) cat a chance to play mouser in an industrial/agricultural building/area. Because that kind of cat doesn't want too much/any human contact. It's more of symbiotic relationship. But a cat who
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  • 12
    Font - Learn2Crypto 1d You can never be an a hole for rehoming a neglected animal.
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