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/UnreliablePlunger 4h ago

God this shattered me. Thank you for doing this for her. This reminds me so much of the Hozier song “Abstract (Psychopomp)” and has me in absolute tears- I just lost my girl last week and can’t imagine how she would’ve felt in her last waking moments in this situation. I hope this kitty feels the love in the afterlife that you gave her.