Neighbor rescues and rehomes momma cat and three kittens found in her shed, but when the original owner shows up, she demands them back: '[They] have been hostile'

What kind of cat owner lets a cat with kittens roam outside to be lost for over a month?

How many times have we sat here and typed out this same sentiment? If you're going to "own" a cat, you need to take responsibility for it. That means keeping it safe, and even if it cries and screams to go outside, you have to teach it to be an indoor cat. Especially if it just had kittens. The big, bad world is no place for a momma cat and her baby kittens to survive in. Not with cars speeding by, hungry predators looking for their next meal, and snowy weather just waiting to do them harm.

Luckily, mom and her babies were rescued by a neighbor who found them in their shed. They took them in, and honestly, they did their due diligence in trying to find the owner. They posted on Facebook, asked the neighbors, called local vets to see if anyone reported a missing cat and kittens, but got no response. So, they did what any compassionate and caring purrson would: they found homes for the kittens and kept the momma cat.

Well, the "original owner" showed up out of the blue and demanded her cat and kittens back. She even threatened to call the police!

Okay, Karen, you go ahead and call the police. We can't wait for them to show up and laugh in your face.

An owner who doesn't care enough to find her fur babies is not a cat owner in our eyes at all. Scroll down to read the rest of the story!

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That's more than we would have done. We might have posted on Facebook and asked the neighbors, but that's about it. If we see a cat and her kittens in need, we're not going to sit around twiddling our thumbs while we wait for some irresponsible hooman to come find us. If they really cared about the cats, they would be actively looking for them.
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It's crazy to us that some people would try to scam you out of a cat. Isn't the world a dark enough place without getting cats mixed into it? Just when you think you've seen the worst of humanity, they always come up with something even more surprising. This is why we prefer cats over people.
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