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Hey AW animal lovers, I'm looking for some advice.
I just helped my sister move into a dumpy college house. When we walked up, there was a cat with no collar sitting on the front porch.
My sister hates cats, so she freaked out and chased it away. Except it came back, over and over, always hanging out by the front door. I suspect that the four girls living in the house before had been at least feeding the cat, because my sister chased it all the way down the block and it still came back to sit on her front porch. One of the upstairs bedrooms smelled like it might have had a litter box in it (though it might have just been the smell from the very, very dirty bathroom next door).
The cat made a beeline for the door while we were moving furniture on more than one occasion, trying to get inside. And before my sister started chasing it away, it sat very calmly on the porch with me. I didn't try to pet it (because petting an unknown cat seemed like a very bad idea), but it seemed pretty okay sharing space with a human, so I think it's used to people.
My suspicion is the girls who rented the house last year thought it would be great fun to have a cat and then left it behind when they moved. As I said, my sister is *not* a cat person, so she just wants it gone. I'm worried about the cat, though. Is there someone to call in this scenario? If I call a shelter, are they going to euthanize the cat?
I just helped my sister move into a dumpy college house. When we walked up, there was a cat with no collar sitting on the front porch.
My sister hates cats, so she freaked out and chased it away. Except it came back, over and over, always hanging out by the front door. I suspect that the four girls living in the house before had been at least feeding the cat, because my sister chased it all the way down the block and it still came back to sit on her front porch. One of the upstairs bedrooms smelled like it might have had a litter box in it (though it might have just been the smell from the very, very dirty bathroom next door).
The cat made a beeline for the door while we were moving furniture on more than one occasion, trying to get inside. And before my sister started chasing it away, it sat very calmly on the porch with me. I didn't try to pet it (because petting an unknown cat seemed like a very bad idea), but it seemed pretty okay sharing space with a human, so I think it's used to people.
My suspicion is the girls who rented the house last year thought it would be great fun to have a cat and then left it behind when they moved. As I said, my sister is *not* a cat person, so she just wants it gone. I'm worried about the cat, though. Is there someone to call in this scenario? If I call a shelter, are they going to euthanize the cat?