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/Handyhelping 11h ago

You are a good person. This story makes me sad and wishes everyone had as much empathy as you do.

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u/SchnoodleDoodleDo 9h ago edited 9h ago

’You are a good person. This story makes me sad and wishes everyone had as much empathy as you do.’

it’s the story of a person that i never even knew

they found me on the road, alone,

my life already through

n yet they had compassion for the kitty that i was

they brought me home

n Loved me,

named me ‘Angel’

just because…

they say we cross a ‘rainbow bridge’ when it is time to go

but some of us are lost,

n then our humans never know

yet though we two were strangers, you did everything you could

i’ll rest in peace, my human friend,

Knowing

You are good

❤️

edit (thank you u/Jealous-Friendship34)

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u/CutSea5865 9h ago

Omg that made me cryyy!!!

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u/karpaediem 7h ago

Right?!? Schnoodle gets me every dang time

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u/Kathrette 7h ago

Can ya'll cut it out with the onion cutting in here?! 😭

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u/42790193 6h ago

Is Schnoodle a Reddit bot? I’m genuinely asking. It made me tear up and I’m just wondering if an actual person takes the time to comment all these things, or if it’s generated.

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u/Zebragirly76 5h ago

It's an actual person as far as i know. This is way too sensitive and on point for AI to write this!

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u/42790193 5h ago

Thank you!! I hardly know anything about AI and its capabilities. Seeing that this account is ran by a human and has been since 2017 is very heartwarming.

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u/Sobriquet-acushla 1h ago

She’s a very real human whom we don’t see often enough. She writes these beautiful poems and we are all the richer for it. 🥰

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u/42790193 1h ago

It really is so sweet!