We just moved into a small apartment complex. We all have (6 of us) little standalone houses and share common areas. Sort of a very small gated community. Having said that we don't live in the nicest area. It is an old small mountain town. We live in Southern California, so when it gets hot, our town's homeless population increases a lot. Also because it is a mountain town, we see some wildlife around, coyotes, bears, etc.
We have a neighbor couple and they have two cats. Since the houses are extremely small, the cats are free to roam outside. They don't have collars. When we first moved, I thought that the cats were strays. One of them (which is a 7-8 month old Russian blue kitten) is very friendly and sometimes comes to hangout around our house. When I thought that it was a stray, I occasionally fed him. Then one day when I was petting the kitten, the owner introduced herself. I apologized for feeding the cats as I thought they were strays and she seemed to not have a problem with it. I stopped feeding the cat and just left out some water for them from then on.
In the last 2-3 weeks, some weird stuff is going on with our neighbors. About 3 weeks ago they had a huge fight, where the male partner punched and broke their furniture and dented their truck. A couple people called the police because they were scared for the women. It was a super ugly and scary fight. Since then there were some other fights - not as intense, but we see that they throw away a piece of furniture everyday. I think they sold the metal security door for money, it is gone. Their fridge has been on the common area for the last week and I think they are trying to sell it (it belongs to the apartment complex). I think the women also found a new job, because I don't see her car anymore, maybe only at nights.
Since then the cats have been out all day everyday. They are there when I wake up in the morning (and I suspect they don't let them in at night because I get up at 5.30) and they are there at night. During the day I see them lying around under the cars. The kitten seemed to lose weight and feels much lighter. I gave the kitten some food 2 days ago and he seemed very hungry. I left a little bit of food since then. What worries me is I know I am not supposed to feed other people's pets, and I am afraid to get caught. But I think these cats are being neglected and I feel very anxious thinking they are suffering. I leave the food in a not very obvious spot - the cat learned it. We don't let him in. Our contract doesn't allow us to have pets, I have no idea how our neighbors can have them. I want to ask them but to be honest I am afraid of the man, after seeing how he got violent during their fight.
What should I do?
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