Can people just abandon cats?

[Itchy]

An ojos azules cat used to come round now and again with a collar and a little badge thing with a phone number/cat name on it. It's a super friendly cat.

I see it a lot thinner these days without the collar and it often comes round when I'm cooking and sometimes goes round to my neighbours too.

It looks like the old owners have simply abandoned this cat cutting off the collar and locking it out.

Surely they can't just do this right? I'm thinking the next time this cat comes round I simply put it in a box and take it to the vet where presumably the chip implant will still be the old owners and something will happen for abandoning a cat

I do know those people are not very nice people. The postman and parcel people keep giving me their mail... she comes round and snatches it out of my hand...

Or am I too optimistic on what will happen? And cat will probably get put into a shelter until it is re-adopted?

Much as I'd like to keep this cat I'm often away.


Any thoughts?
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[Itchy]

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[Nobby the Bastard]

[stinkwheel]

Congratulations, you now own a cat.

It's obviously decided it wants to live with you, the sooner you give in to this, the happier you'll be.

The relevant law is the animal welfare act 2006 which encompasses a load of secondary legislation.

Of most relevance would be the welfare of cats code of practice.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69392/pb13332-cop-cats-091204.pdf

Where you get into a sticky wicket is proving a breach and proving it's theirs. Then getting someone to prosecute them for any breaches. They might deny ownership, there are a great many cats in the UK who don't belong to anyone.

In my experience, most cats aren't microchipped. Of those which are brought to me as "found" which actually do have a microchip, I'd say around 50% have expired/incorrect details on the chip database.

Most cats, when their owner stops looking after them properly, move out and move in with someone else.

So again, congratulations on your new cat.
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[P.addy]

If it's comfortable enough to curl in a box and not freak when you creep up for a photo, you've got it sorted. Cat likes you, they aren't hard to keep entertained and they are glorious bastards to keep.

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One of my cats has moved out, Not my Main Coon but Poppy the retard cat who was never the same after headbutting a moving car, she survived but became fuck you cat. she regularly disappeared for a few weeks at a time and always came home looking scruffy but well fed, spent an evening or so with us then disappeared again. She finally decided that she couldnt be arsed with another dog in the house and Im sad but I know shes overpowered some other humans in the area. I full expect her to turn up again. Im pretty sure at some point, who ever she has decided to own will take her to a vet to be told did you know this cat has an owner.
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[recman]

My dad had a main coon, wild as anything!
After he passed away we tried to capture the cat for re-homing but there wasn't a chance in hell.
He was sighted a few times but he wouldn't come near us so we assumed he'd survive be either getting fed somewhere else of just carry on ripping the throats out of anything he caught as per usual.
Nobody was catching him, that's for damn sure.

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[hellkat]

It could be that the circumstances have changed in the cat's household.

I had 2 cats when I first got Bruno, but we soon learned that he was only interested in cats to chase. The girl cat, Doris, ended up living pretty much under my bed, climbing in and out of the bedroom window to get out, and her food bowls ended up being kept in the bedroom, an extremely unsuitable arrangement for everybody concerned. Eventually I took her back to the lady who gave her to me.

Her brother Brutus was even more timid, and initially took off for days at a time. He tried to come back to the house, but every time he did, Bruno used to chase him down the alley and head butt the fence in an effort to catch him. I could not entice the poor little guy back into the house, even just to come to an arrangement about living under my bed with his sister. I thought he had run away and found a new home, but after several months, he showed up again, desperately skinny and frightened looking. I managed to catch him, and gave him a bit of grub, then took him to the vet, who gave him a couple of shots, but it was not good enough, he died the next morning, he must have been starving and frightened, but couldn't get back to my house to let me know he wanted to come back in.

So it looks like the cat has adopted you. Cats settle with people who treat them the rightest. Enjoy his company, in case he buggers off elsewhere after a while.
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[colink98]

as you all getting Cat on each other.
Here are the two brothers we have.

they are a bit older and bigger now.

https://i.imgur.com/Onqq5Ik.jpg
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This is Banzai:

https://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee81/paddy2007dug/DSC_1673_zpsobvx8fmt.jpg

https://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee81/paddy2007dug/wbuol_zpst6cg9zkh.jpg

Cats are awesome.

We keep toying with getting Banzai a friend, not sure if he'd like it though, he's been a lone cat since he was six weeks old.
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Not one of those cats is sucking a cock, BCF I am disappointed
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