Mother cat and kitten rescued from a bush outside a nursing home, hooman who rescued them gets accused of stealing them from resident in nursing home, but he gives them a furrever home anyway

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Oct 22, 2025 4:00 PM EDT

No good deed goes unpunished, or at least that's what they say. If you feel like this sentiment speaks to you in any way, then you'll certainly enjoy the story below. It centers around two cats and their rescuer. A man found two cats crying outside a nursing home in a bush, one only a kitten and the other fully grown. He calls the humane society to get exact information on if he can take the cats or not. It's a hot summer day in the middle of Ohio, and he could see that the cats needed immediate vet attention. So he gets the approval, and he takes the cats. He rescues them, nurses them back to health, only for him to get a call from the nursing home saying that one of the residents is accusing him of stealing the cats. 

It's a bit of back and forth, but ultimately the wholesome recuing hooman who took the cats from the bush refuses to return them. He could see their life there, and how much better off they'd be if they were given up to owners who could care for them. 

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    Am I in the wrong for rescuing a cat that was in a bush?

    Mother cat and kitten
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    hello! i work for a temp agency in ohio as a STNA or CNA whatever you wanna call it. I volunteer with a cat rescue in my free time.
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  • Some people just shouldn't have pets. It's the same how some people shouldn't have children, but they do anyway. There's not a test to take, or a survey that can qualify a person, yet being a parent or pet owner is one of the most heavy responsibilities someone can have. 

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    I was sent to a nursing home and when I was there I came across a cat and a single baby kitten. the momma cat has a very obvious
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    respiratory infection or something else going on (wheezing and green snot) and the kitten has some eye gunk. whatever.
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    Cat at vet
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    i talk to the residents feeding them (they are part of the AL side of the nursing home) and they are adamant she doesn't need vet
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    care whatever. i talk to the local humane society about it and they tell me i am good to take the cats because they have a previous
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    agreement with the nursing home to take their cats because the nursing home does not want any sort of cats outside. i think ok
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    this is kind of shitty, but it's 90+ degrees outside rn in ohio and the cats are basically dying here. they were living in a BUSH. the
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    resident can not take them inside or anything like that. so i do it for the better good (whether you agree with me or not) the other
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    side has several plump cats that the humane society has Trapped and Neutered so im not stealing their only pet/ or way of fun.
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    i live in an apartment. i have my two pets, so i post on facebook asking if anyone would be interested when they're done w
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    Nursing home
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    vet care. but i finally get the cat and kitten here. they're set up in a separate room. they're all set to go to the vet today (tuesday) i
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    took them on sunday night. i get a call from my boss saying someone from the nursing home (resident or not) called them and said i stole their cat and was
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    trying to rehome it. (yes this cat will be rehomed because she is gorgeous and deserves a life). she says im a thief and i was stealing.
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    i explained i talked to the humane society who works closely with the nursing home and that she was living in a bush
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    and she was in super bad shape. i didnt steal anything. she said it wasn't my responsibility and that i needed to return them and that
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    she was my boss. i told her it worked with a cat rescue and she said again it wasn't my responsibility or business...
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    so i called the humane society. they are PISSED. absolutely pissed off at this nursing home. what should i do? or was i
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    wrong? i'm super stressed and i dont understand how taking a single cat and mother who are obviously sick and/or injured
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    equals me being a thief. this nursing home was begging the humane society for food according to the humane society.
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    they said they'd give them a call and figure it out, but honestly im more pissed off about the call from my boss. i honestly think the resident is the one who called.
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