Mom Adopts a Kitten to Save it From the Clutches of a Spoiled Brat 7-Year-Old Caught Man-Handling the Pick of the Litter

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Oct 7, 2024 5:00 PM EDT

Some kids are born gentle, inherently understanding that fragile critters like kittens, puppies, and younger siblings, need to be handled with soft hands, gentle pats, and the sweetest of kisses on the forehead. Other children, the feral kind with parents who neglect to teach them good manners, are terrifying giants to these little babies, becoming every kitten's worst nightmare if they're caught in the clutches of a man-handling, spoiled brat. 

This mom was visiting their local humane society with her own kiddo the day they encountered the most spoilt brat on the block. She and her teenager were playing with the kittens in the kitty room when a 7-year-old came storming in, insulting the 'ugly' cats, and snatching up every kitten that wouldn't flee from her stomping footsteps. After watching the father ignore the little girl's obvious mistreatment of the kittens, the woman was shocked when the little girl honed in on her next target: A mellow-tempered orange cat just begging to be saved. 

So she did what any cat lover would do, scooping up the kitten's paperwork and snatching it out of the hands of a man-handling kid who would inevitably be a bad cat owner, unexpectedly giving this orange cat the loving home it truly deserved.

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    "No! He's mine!”
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    The kitten I adopted out of spite. My (then 15-year-old Daughter) and I visited the local humane society on a weekly basis. It was free therapy for her, as cuddling the kittens and watching them play was a great endorphin rush.
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    We were in the kitten room, when a little girl (maybe 6 or 7) entered with her father. I watched as she man-handled kittens-picking them up by their legs, hitting one on the head after it swiped at her, and
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    listened to her whiny voice saying "That one's ugly," or "Yuck, look at his eye! That's gross." (About a kitten with an obviously healing eye injury.) She eventually zeroed in on the
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    only little orange and white kitten who was very chill despite her aggressive handling of it. She declared to her dad after a few moments that this was the one she wanted. Her Dad asked if she was sure, and
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    she said yes. She spent a few more minutes holding him up in the air, bouncing him around like a ball, and just really being a little I stood up and went to the wall where all the “cage cards"
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    were, and quickly found the sheet for the only orange kitten in the room. I took it out of the slot and sat back down. After a few more minutes, I walked up to the little girl and
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    nicely said "Can I please have him? We are adopting him." She glared at me and said "No! He's mine!" Her dad walked over, and I said "We had visited him earlier, we even have his cage card, I'm sorry."
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    He told his daughter to hand over the kitten and she LOST. HER. She carried on and screamed like a spoiled brat for five mins( while holding onto the terrified kitten who was trying to get away)
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    She ONLY wanted the orange one, and didn't like any of the other ugly kittens. It took her dad yelling at her to get her to finally THROW the kitten across the room and stomp away.
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    My daughter went and picked up the kitten, and long story short, Otis has now been happily living his best life in my home for seven years, and we love him so much. My Facebook memory reminded me that today is the anniversary of his gotcha day. I hope the little never got a kitten.
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    That is baby Otis on his freedom ride (pics taken while stopped. He was in a carrier while the car was moving.) Also Otis this morning, not having a single F left to give.
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    Odd-Outcome450 • 1d ago I'd report them to the staff as well behavior like that with a living creature is not cool one Glad you saved Otis bit.
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    Commercial-Spend... . 23h ago • We had a kitten come into our clinic and was surrendered because of the bill that had a broken pelvis because of some koby bryant kid like this and I'm SO happy you adopted them. The kitten will walk funny the rest of
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    it's life but the new owner just had to put down her cat a month ago and has all the money in the world and will do anything for her new baby. We put our surrender patients on our social media and she adopted him so fast. Again thank you for not making us see another broken kitten from some negligent parent over the kid.
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    SeaDirt1 1d ago Pets are a little like humans. Frequently the ones able to have them should actively be prevented from doing so.
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    measaqueen 1d ago This is why I wish more places had walls of shame behind the counter for banning people.
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    Substantial_Si... . 23h ago I hope they banned that family from adopting there AND black listed them at other rescues. WTH?
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    Dovetrail 20h ago • "I want an Oompa Loompa NOW!"
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    Harry_Smutter • 22h ago • I really hope that you also reported the horrid behavior of that girl to the shelter. She shouldn't be allowed near ANY animals!!!!
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    Raichu7 15h ago • • I'm so glad they didn't go home with a kitten, what an awful parent to allow their kid to act like that around animals. Kids deserve to be taught better.
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