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It's the Cat Distribution System
CDS
I’ve never been blessed by the CDS. It’s pretty frustrating and disheartening that I have to chase them down manually and explicitly
Several of the cats I had when I was a kid and now as an adult just came up to my door and started meowing. It's like God was informing them about which house was most likely to take them in, after some online posts and flyers with no picture (so they have to verify what the cat looks like) that say "lost cat found, contact here ( ) " and putting notices in at the vet and the local shelters, we kept them. My guess is they were all dumped somewhere in the neighborhoods I lived in.
Came here to say this. Pretty much all the cats I've lived with just walked in off the street and acted like they've always lived with me.
My cats were both the result of girlfriends tricking me into them ("we'll just go to the shelter to look at cats" and "just come over and see her, you don't have to adopt her"). 18 years with each of them (the cats, not the girlfriends) and I wouldn't trade those years for anything. I'll have cats again some day but right now I can't.