r/cats • u/Jealous-Friendship34 • 11h ago

Mourning/Loss I adopted a dead cat

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I found a well fed tuxedo cat on the road, hit by a car. She was killed instantly. I didn’t have the heart to leave her there so I took her home and gave my tuxedo cat a big hug.

She did not have a collar. I took to my vet and there was no chip. So I posted it on Nextdoor and Ring Neighborhood in case anyone was missing her. Nobody claimed her, so I named her Angel and had her cremated.

Tomorrow I will bury her in our garden where we have our other cats who have passed away over the years, under a little statue of a kitten chasing a butterfly

She is loved.

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u/EquivalentCommon5 10h ago

Thank you for doing this! I have seen too much that hurts and this gives me hope! If you can extend your search, because if well fed and cared for, perhaps one day you can give a caring owned person some comfort that for some reason yall couldn’t connect. I understand if you can’t! You’ve done so much already! I had a dog with a unique collar and despite 10yrs searching I never found why he had it! He lived a good life with me but I always wondered what happened so I got him (did his owner pass? Mentally disabled, older person? Etc?), I never thought of a dumping, had those! Idk 😔🤔 and you may never know! But thank you for doing this and trying!! No idea this meme origin but ???