'So I stole a cat': Neighbor gets caught stealing outdoor cat from owners who leave them to freeze outside, but they fight for the cat's living conditions, and win

Sometimes, the right thing to do is actually the "wrong" thing.

The thought of stealing literally makes us sweat profusely. We've never even shoplifted anything because we know we would get caught for acting pawsitively suspicious. But, if we ever were faced with the option of letting a cat freeze and drink dirty water outside, or steal them from their "owners" and take them into our house, we wouldn't hesitate for a second.

After finding their neighbor's cat drinking from a dirty puddle outside, our hero below snuck over and took them inside. The cat seemed to really enjoy it, and the owners didn't even realize that their cat was gone. That was, until the cat needed to go to the vet, where they confessed to the vet that this was someone else's cat. The owners were notified, pawsitively furious, and threatened to call the police.

Lucky for them, they were all bark and no bite. A few weeks later, they claimed they found the cat as a stray, waited the appropriate time for it to be considered legally lost, and then adopted it for themselves. They never heard anything from the so-called "owners", no police showed up at their doorstep, they just ended up with a friendly cat companion to snuggle by their side.

We don't condone stealing, but this is a purrfect example of when you have to do the "wrong" thing to actually do the right thing. Is this how Batman feels every time he stops a crime?

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