Q: Is it possible to get a kitten back after surrendering it
I found a kitten abandoned in my backyard, I had her a couple days, started bottle feeding her to save her and everything. Totally fell in love with her. Well things took a turn and she stopped breathing, I gave her CPR and she started breathing again but heart rate was low. I rushed her to the animal hospital, I was totally distraught. They told me it would be $180 to see her or I could surrender her. I didn't have money on me right there and I didn't want her to be denied treatment, so I said Id surrender her so they would treat her. I regret doing this because I want nothing more than to know shes ok, and get her back. I would pay fees and all that but they are saying that its against the law to inform me even if she survived. I'm heart broken and was not in the right mind when it all happened to fully think about what surrendering her really meant.
A: I have never heard of the "pay or surrender" policy, so that is new to me. I would think if you now have the money to pay the vet fee and get her back, you should ask them to do so. I am a cat lover, so I know how it feels to "lose" a cat, especially a kitten. Call them about this. I don't think it is against the law for them to tell you what happened to the cat. Hopefully, they did not destroy it, which would be a shame. Good Luck.
A: No, you cannot. The kitten is theirs now. They can do what they want with it.
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