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Vet Refuses To Euthanize Healthy Cat Who Was Surrendered By Owners And Gives Him A Home At The Animal Hospital; The Abandoned Feline Grows Aggressive, Until One New Employee Earns His Trust, And He Finally Chooses A Home

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Some people do not deserve cats. 

We have said it before, and we will say it again - abandoning a cat is one of the worst things that you can possibly do to them. It should be avoided at all costs. Cats bond with their humans. Just the one or a few humans. It is a rare thing for a cat to be able to bond with everyone. And when they are abandoned by that one or those few people - the only people that they trust - their faith in humans is broken. With Cavity, the cat whose story was shared on Reddit, that was exactly what had happened. 

Cavity's story was not a simple abandonment story. His owner loved him and wanted him. Abandonment was never an option with her. But when this elderly owner was moved to a senior care facility, she was not able to take her cat with her. And so, the cat was left with her family, but her family did not want to keep her. We said abandonment was one of the worst things you can do to a cat. What they did was the other worst thing - instead of trying to find this senior cat a home, they took the cat to a vet to have it euthanized. 

The vet, thankfully, refused. Because the cat was entirely healthy. They kept the kitty at the hospital instead. But the kitty was heartbroken and grew aggressive. The workers there tried to find him a home and couldn't, because he didn't believe in humans anymore. Until, one day, Reddit user notabruinsfan, started working there. And something clicked. Suddenly, Cavity opened up and decided that this human was one worth believing in.