Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : I live in Arizona, and I saw a small cat/kitten come right up to me. I had never seen it before, but she was VERY friendly, so I picked him up and took him inside and gave her a little bit of turkey.

I was planning on finding out if she belonged to anyone, but then this conversation happened. Neighbor said hi to me and asked if I saw tabby cat. She's about six months old and she can't hear.

"Wow, so she's deaf?"

"Yes. Can't hear a bit. We found her in a dumpster. We've had her for a few weeks now."

"So she escaped the house?"

"Oh no, we let her stay outside. She comes back home when she's hungry. We're afraid maybe a dog got her or something."

"I'm so sorry to hear about that. I'll look out for her."

Now at this point, I was torn. On the one hand, they rescued this kitten. On the other hand, there is NO WAY a deaf cat can be left outdoors. It has very limited natural defense to other predators, dogs, snakes, cars, and other cats. She would almost certainly die a very premature death.

So we moved from Arizona to California shortly after that, but I kept the cat and never told them about it since, obviously, I don't want to be arrested for stealing and I want to continue to car for the cat.

She's strictly an indoor cat, and gets along fine with my other two indoor cats. She's grooming herself at my feet right now.

I know IATAH for stealing the cat and making them feel like the cat got killed or something. That's a horrible feeling. But the way I think about it, there was a very good chance that this cat was going to get killed anyway, and they were going to feel horrible anyway. And I saved a cat. So overall, the net good-bad  is positive, so NTAH.