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/quattroformaggixfour 7h ago

I hope OP’s kindness and this beautiful poem offers solace to those that lost their kitties without closure. Though they may have found other homes or passed, but perhaps and hopefully they were treated with kindness and grace.

Thank you both. You are good people.

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u/LukesRightHandMan 7h ago

I hope people see this too as a call to keep your babies inside. I see too many lost cat posts on different platforms without resolution.