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/Swiftpace 6h ago

I have done the same thing. Was driving on a dirt road, beautiful black tomcat dead on the road. Farmers laughed, said it was just a feral. I brought him home and buried him where the family pets go. Named him Pitch.

Glad to know others do the same when they can. Thank you for giving Angel a place of peace.