Cat owner abandons her cat in front of a salon, gets angry when her friend tells her she didn't 'rehome' the cat: 'I told her that re-homing involved finding an owner and vetting them in advance.'

Nearly every story of having to rehome a pet is deeply tragic. The ones that make me the saddest are when pet parents leave their aging pets at the shelter because they are not young, energetic, and playful anymore. Could you imagine making an animal live out the rest of their days apart from their family because they're no longer entertaining enough for them? It makes me tear up just thinking about it. There are also a lot of inexperienced pet owners who buy a puppy, don't train it, and are shocked when they can't properly care for it, forcing them to give it up for adoption before it's a year old. There is a big difference between rehoming a pet because of genuinely not being able to care for it (for whatever reason) and just giving it up because the going gets a little too tough for your liking.

The pet owner in this story is the latter. Her cat was going to the bathroom on her bed every day, and instead of checking to see if he had a medical issue or working on going in the litter box, she abandoned him in front of a beauty salon.
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