‘I have no interest in stealing anyone else’s cat, but if she’s happy here she’s welcome to stay.’: A cat's unwavering choice to live with her neighbor leads to an emotional standoff and a dispute over microchip ownership

You know, there really should be a legal limit for how many pets are allowed in a certain amount of space, because after a certain point you are looking at pet overcrowding and that is just not right. And while that is how this story begins, there is an element of luck and joy in this story in that the pets' neighbor had a nice garden where the cats of the house could hang out and have a bit of fun away from their doggo siblings.

But when one cat simply had enough of the overcrowding and wanted to stay with the neighbor rather than come home things began to get ugly. After all, it must not be a nice feeling to see your pet decide that someone else is preferable over you, their pawrent. But that does not mean that you should not be considering your pet's needs, which they were very clearly expressing.

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