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[–] superkret@feddit.org 69 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Being stuck in a cage all day sounds like a good reason.
If I saw that sign at the shelter, I'd be tempted to adopt that cat.

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] flerp@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

It would definitely work. I had my experience bonding with a lifetime cat that I got when she was a baby. Any other time I would adopt a cat I would get an older cat with older and sassy or grumpy cats being more likely for me.

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I adopted my cat because he was born angry. He wasn't even fully weaned before he began attacking his own mother.

He loves his people as long as they don't dare smell like a different cat. He just hates cats!

[–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

A follower of khorne is a good pet to have

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m sure there was a reason every time. Not that a cat needs a reason, however.

[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"I felt like it." Is all the reason the cat needs.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

It’s justified even if they didn’t really feel like it.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

He is being held captive, he has reasons enough to smack anything that moves.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 2 years ago

I might pick her based solely on this

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

that is the face of a criminal

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Stealing hearts and breaking them.

and then bapping them in the face afterwards, truly the most heinous of criminals.

[–] Veneroso@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] flerp@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sent to a shelter when his owner became homeless. That's the thing that scares me the most for my cat. She's so sensitive and scared of everything except for me it would break her little heart.

[–] Veneroso@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Stay safe. There are resources available, and if you are at risk, you should know how to be safe.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago
[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

The reasons were many and verified.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 22 points 2 years ago

Filled with self advocacy, more like

Shelter cats have limited avenues for expressing their disagreements, and it sounds like he's being as measured and puncture-free in voicing his opinion as he feels like he needs to be

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

All deserved

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 11 points 2 years ago

There’s always a reason

[–] Lexam@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

"Come closer Clarice"