So as a backstory, in November, my roommate and i began fostering two kittens about 3 weeks old from Dekalb Animal Services in Atlanta, GA. We were given the kittens as foster parents, with the option to adopt. I had decided i was going to adopt, but because of the holidays, i was out of town and my roommate has been taking care of them. When i got back, i was signing the adoption over.
I ended up getting COVID-19 and I’ve been quarantining. On Wednesday, Jan 6th, they had an appointment to be spayed and neutered. I wanted to take the boy back home, it had long been decided, but because of circumstances i had my roommate take them in . I called on Wednesday, before the appointment, confirming she was taking my little guy back home after surgery was over. They confirmed over the phone, and sent me a link to the adoption process, which i completed. It wasn’t an “official adoption paper”, it was just a request, but considering i had been the one fostering, upon receiving my request online to adopt him, they sent me an email (which i still have) confirming they were allowing him to be sent home to me, and marked him adopted so no one else could take him home. Again this is all in email from Dekalb Animal Services.
At 3pm on Thursday (when we were supposed to pick him up after being neutered), i receive a phone call from Dekalb saying that they made a “huge mistake” and handed the kitten over to someone else. They said they pleaded with the family who had just walked out the door, to please bring him back because he belonged to someone else and the family refused.
I sent a long email to Dekalb yesterday which was forwarded to the family (I’m not allowed to have that information) and it was a 3 paragraph explanation of how much the cat means to me, the fact my grandfather just died from COVID the day before (which is true) and that i had COVID and was unable to pick him up on my own but that i really wanted him back, and i was offering $200. In the email i attached pictures of the kitten I’ve taken over the course of caring for him, as well as a screenshot of the email from Dekalb stating he was my kitten and marked as adopted so no one could take him home.
I’m heartbroken. If the family doesn’t respond to that email, what can i do? Is there any legal advice??
What worries me is i didn’t officially pay for the kitten yet. I went through the adoption papers and received confirmation they were marking him as adopted, but they didn’t offer for me a way to pay. i sent an email on Wednesday, 24 hours before someone else took my cat home, stating that i needed a way to pay. No one got in touch with me, and now my kitten is gone and there was no kitten for my roommate to pick up when she went to retrieve him.
I’m afraid they have me cornered on the fact that this other family paid for him and i didn’t, but i have proof that I’ve attempted to get in touch with them about payment, and i also have an email from them stating he was to be adopted to me and no one else.
If i press for legal action, should it be against Dekalb? Or the family? Is that really a “fair and square” adoption? I don’t know what to do but I’m heartbroken and I’m scared of what kind of people adopted him, if they don’t even have compassion to bring back someone else cat after a long email begging and explaining my death in the family, Covid, and Dekalb’s mistake, and offering $200. What can i do to get my baby back. Thanks.
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