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Neighbors left - left cat behind. What should be done?

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  • 28-04-2015 6:47pm
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    arleitiss
    Registered Users Posts: 3,515 ✭✭✭


    Hey, my neighbors recently moved out and left their cat.
    He had collar at start but lost it since then, hes been sitting beside my door every day for a while and managed to run in few times but I placed him back outside.

    I can't take him in, as I have enough things to do already, is there anything I can do? Like are there are services that take them in or something?


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    Diane Selwyn
    Registered Users Posts: 257 ✭✭Diane Selwyn


    You could try local rescues - there are a few cat specific ones in Dublin that might be able to help out. you might also ask them if it's actually illegal to abandon a pet that way and if it is I'd be inclined to report it.


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    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    DSPCA contact details can be found here. This falls under neglect.

    http://www.dspca.ie/Emergency

    Post a copy of your post in Animals And Pet Issues here. You might find an angel with cat wings willing to help you out.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=240


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    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Have you any contact details for the neighbours? If they haven't gone far it's possible the cat came back to what it knows as home.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    arleitiss
    Registered Users Posts: 3,515 ✭✭✭arleitiss


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    Have you any contact details for the neighbours? If they haven't gone far it's possible the cat came back to what it knows as home.

    No, I didn't know neighbors well, so no details of them.


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    dixiefly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,949 ✭✭✭dixiefly


    Landlord or new people in house might have details.


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    loyatemu
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    cat's will often wander back to their old home if it's not too far away - ours did several times after we moved.


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    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,088 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    You should try to contact them first - there are a few explanations:

    1. The cat came back to its territory and decided it's not moving.

    2. It was a visiting cat that your neighbours were being friendly with and they didn't own it.


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