Is this ethical for a vet to do?

My friend had a very very beautiful cat for a few months, so it was very young. It was mostly an indoor cat but every once in a while would go outside. Well one day it got injured, most likely by a car. It fractured its leg and its internal organs were pushed up its chest somewhere and it was bleeding out. Pretty much it was good as dead.

My friend went to the vet and he said that in order to save the cat, the procedures would cost at least $10,000 usd. Now, that’s a pretty huge amount of money and she couldn’t afford to do it especially without knowing if the cat would make it. If it were just a few thousand, yes, but 10k is a lot. The only other option would be to put the cat down.

Well apparently the vet really liked the cat so he said he could do the surgeries for free, on the condition that he could keep the cat. Obviously, wanting to do anything to save the cats life, my friend said yes.

Later after the procedures, the vet confirmed the cat made a successful recovery. After that my friend was thinking about if it might be possible to get the cat back because she really loves it and misses it. She tried to ask to vet if there’s any way possible she could get her back, and asked if they could set up any type of payment plan or something. But the vet stopped responding when she asked these questions.

My friend is happy the cat is alive and prefers that it was successfully saved rather than be put to sleep. But for some reason it doesn’t sit right with me that the vet would do the procedure for free only on the condition that he could keep it. Yes it’s great that the cat was saved, but my friend really loved her and it wasn’t like my cousin just didn’t want it anymore or was a bad owner, and she really just wishes it didn’t have to happen this way. But is it truly okay for the vet to do this? Or is it wrong that my friend wishes she could have the cat back? What’s your opinion on this?

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