We had been the owners of this cat for 12 years and loved him. He had a very distinctive body in that he was sort of lanky and thin, almost like a cheetah. His markings were also distinctive in that he had a "tuxedo" color scheme, but with a bit of white on his upper lip and paws. He even had a neat little trick where he would stand on his hind legs when you went to pet him. One day he got out and we didn't see him again for 2 and a half years.
A few days ago, I was going for a walk and happened to glance in the yard of one of my neighbors and to my complete and utter surprise, there he was looking at me from the porch of this house! I've always had good facial recognition, being able to recognize people that were in my elementary school class even after decades have passed, and this seems to translate to animal faces too. It was and is definitely him.
I eventually introduced myself to the neighbor, we made friends and she was very friendly and was in equal awe of the circumstance. She told me that our cat had been in and out of her yard for the last year, and that she would feed him every single morning. I thanked her for taking care of him and eventually got him and brought him home.
This woman posted about the whole thing on Facebook, and one of her neighbors sent her a message saying that she had "given away his cat". Apparently her neighbor had also been taking care of him for years, having even made a little house for him. This man called me and my family and has been threatening to call the police. The man is sort of a brute, with phrases like "I'm getting my cat" repeated over and over again, even when we've tried to reason with him about veterinary records and the burden of proof. ---Important to note here--- I never trespassed on his yard. Our cat was in a different yard, one that we were invited on.
All the while, this is happening in New Jersey, which is one of the states hit hardest by Covid-19, and dealing with veterinarians and police is just such a shit show at this current time.
Can anyone offer some insight into who has legal ownership?
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