Regarding cats, there is an old saying that has been circulating: dogs are "loyal ministers" and cats are "treacherous ministers". No matter how good you are to a cat, you will never be able to raise it well! Coupled with the aloof and happy-go-lucky nature of cats, the rumor that they are "unfamiliar" is further confirmed.
But is this really the case? Today’s story will let you feel how deep a cat’s obsession with its original owner is!
There is a long-haired orange named Toby in the United States, who accomplished a feat not long ago.
The story begins when Toby was abandoned by his original owner because he could not get along with other cats in the house. As a beautiful long-haired orange, even if it is abandoned, there are many people who want to be its shit-sweeper! So the original owner randomly selected a man 20 kilometers away for Toby who was willing to raise him, and gave Toby away very "generously".
Toby, who was given away, did not realize that he had been abandoned by his owner. In his mind, the owner just left him behind in a stranger's home! Because of this understanding, Toby could not integrate into the new family. He was depressed all day long. He often squatted at the door and stared in the direction where his owner left, as if waiting for his "careless" owner to come back to find him.
Before the owner came back to pick him up, Toby finally started to get anxious. Probably out of missing his original owner, Toby quietly slipped away from his new home one day and started on his way home alone!
Although the original home is only 20 kilometers away from Toby’s new home, for a cat, God knows what these 20 kilometers mean! It took Toby a full half a month to walk 20 kilometers and finally returned to his original home, relying on a little bit of breath in his memory.
No one knows how it survived these days and what did it eat? Where to sleep? How to avoid passing traffic? Are there any injuries? Anyway, it accomplished this feat and successfully returned to its original home and met its original owner.
However, what greeted it was not the emotion and guilt the original owner felt when seeing it, nor a loving hug, nor even any surprise or happiness. When the original owner saw the embarrassed Toby at the door of his home, he felt nothing but disgust and disgust, and didn't even let Toby in! Instead, he took Toby directly to a nearby shelter and coldly told the staff: Let him be euthanized!
Poor Toby once again watched helplessly as his owner abandoned him and walked away without looking back... But this time he understood from his owner's disgusted eyes that the owner didn't want him anymore!
The staff at the shelter felt very strange. The cat was fine, so why did the owner ask for euthanasia? Out of reverence for life, I repeatedly asked the owner why, only to learn the story of Toby walking 20 kilometers home after being sent away. What the original owner meant was: Since he couldn't give it away and he didn't want to keep it, he had no choice but to euthanasia...
After the staff heard Toby's story, they couldn't accept the original owner's idea.
It’s hard for me to understand how loyal a cat is and how much it loves its owner who has to walk 20 kilometers to return to its owner, but the owner wants to euthanize it?
The shelter staff did not euthanize Toby in the end, but contacted the local Animal Protection Society for help! Soon, the veterinarian from the Animal Welfare Association conducted a physical examination on Toby and found that Toby had feline AIDS... I wonder if the original owner was so cruel that he wanted to euthanize Toby for this reason.
Feline AIDS sounds like a very scary disease. But in fact, although feline AIDS affects the immune system and leads to various complications, as long as it is treated and taken good care of, secondary infection can be maintained and other complications will not occur. Simply put, think of it as a chronic disease!
Furthermore, feline AIDS can only be transmitted between cats, and cannot be transmitted across races to humans or other animals!
The Animal Protection Association shared Toby's story on its official website and opened an adoption application. Many people were moved by Toby's obsession with his owner and expressed their willingness to give him a warm home.
After many rounds of screening, Toby was finally adopted by a woman. Now, Toby has finally let go of his obsession with his original owner, and has begun to integrate into the new environment and adapt to the new owner.
Get along well with the little master and become his best playmate.
With his own toys, the cat gradually regained its playful nature.
Became good friends with the civet cat next door, and often basked in the sun together.
Toby is unfortunate, but also lucky. At least he has a Happy Ending and an owner who will not abandon him. However, more abandoned pets will never meet an owner who can take them in until they die. They just wander outside without being able to eat or drink clean water for several days. The only thing waiting for them is death, sooner or later.
Now that you have decided to raise it, please be responsible to the end! They deserve human love, but they are always the ones who are let down!