20-year-old woman refuses to give up the cat she planned to adopt after foster family informs her their kids got attached to the kitten, leading to a dispute: ‘She is not the owner’

Unlike when you go on Facebook Marketplace to buy a second-hand sofa, when someone decides to adopt a pet, it shouldn't be based on a picture and a short description. Adopting a pet is a huge deal, a question of compatibility and bond, not just whether you liked the color of their fur and the general description of their personality.

Which means that if you want to adopt a pet you found in a post on social media, you have to arrange a meeting first, to make sure you actually belong together. Just like any relationship, you must check the waters and ensure the adoption is a good fit.

That is a vital step that the woman in the story below skipped. She planned to adopt a kitten she had never met, and didn't intend to meet before adopting her. However, she needed a few weeks before adopting the kitten, and while the owner initially agreed, this led the foster family to bond with the kitten in the meantime.

Now, the foster family doesn't want to give the kitten up, and the original adopter, despite never even meeting the cat, refuses to give up…

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