18-year-old reports friend who owns 5 cats and 3 dogs to animal control due to neglect, the friend finds out who reported her and freaks out, and all their mutual friends take her side: 'I did what I thought was right'

Friends are important. Staying friends through hard times is even more important. But there is a limit to what you should accept from a friend, and it is okay to choose who you want to be friends with in the first place. And if your friend is someone who is neglecting their cats and dogs, if your friend is someone who hurts cats, whether on purpose or not, and if that friend is unwilling to change and treat their pets better after you talk to them about it… then maybe that's not a real friend.

A friend like that - someone who is neglecting and possibly harming a cat - is someone that you absolutely should report to animal control. The fact that the person in this story - who one hundred percent did the right thing - is even questioning it is sad. And the fact that their "friends" are taking the pet owner's side is even sadder.

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Oftentimes, in situations like this, we generally support talking to the friend first, trying to get them to change the way that they are treating their pets. But we think that you were beyond that solution in this situation. Eight pets at constant risk… you had to do something, and we are glad that you did.
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We know that it's difficult to lose friends - and yes, we think the friendship with this friend is indeed lost - but you definitely did the right thing here. Honestly, we're not sure that we would even want to be friends with someone who treats animals like this. Make sure the pups are okay, and then, get out of this situation. That would probably be best for everyone - including you.
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