Women Fighting Over Tuxedo Cat in Custody Battle

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Two women are warring implicit a feline named Bob successful a custody conflict crossed authorities lines. Alex Streight of North Carolina and Carol Holmes of Kansas are making headlines with their feud implicit who Bob belongs to.

One cat, 2 moms

According to WRAL, Bob is simply a 14-year-old tuxedo cat.

In 2013, Holmes adopted Bob successful Wichita, Kansas. A fewer months later, helium disappeared. Shortly thereafter, Streight (who lived successful Wichita astatine the time) recovered Bob “in atrocious condition” outdoors.

“He was successful horrible shape,” Streight said. “I fed him, kept looking for [the] owner. I posted successful the Wichita groups, but I ne'er recovered anyone.”

Streight took Bob to a section veterinarian. She claims the vet didn’t scan for a microchip. She kept the feline and renamed him Maui. Then, successful 2015, Streight moved 1,800 miles distant to Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, with her family. They’ve lived determination ever since.

Bob the feline successful mediate of custody battle

However, connected Aug. 19, 1 of Streight’s neighbors saw the feline roaming around. The neighbour took the feline to Five Points Animal Hospital successful Fuquay-Varina. There, a unit subordinate scanned the feline and recovered a microchip. The interaction accusation was for Holmes. The session contacted Holmes, and she responded.

“She was excited she recovered her feline she had been looking for him for years,” Scott Wilson, signifier manager astatine Five Points Animal Hospital said.

Complications arose, however, erstwhile Streight tried to assertion the feline astatine the clinic. She produced vet records, but due to the fact that she didn’t microchip the cat, Wilson didn’t see her to beryllium Bob’s parent. The ordeal “caused a batch of drama” for the clinic.

Authorities get involved

The authorities are present progressive successful the feline custody battle. On Tuesday, Streight took retired a warrant for larceny of the feline astatine the section magistrate’s office. There, she recovered retired that the feline was successful the possession of Wake County Animal Control.

When Streight arrived astatine Wake County Animal Control, unit informed her she could not instrumentality the feline location “under immoderate circumstance.”

“The feline is successful protective custody,” Dr. Jennifer Federico of Wake County Animal Control stated. “The feline is harmless and isolated.”

She agreed with Wilson that the lone mode to beryllium ownership of a favored is with microchipping. However, her bureau is launching a afloat probe into the matter.  

Streight intends to support advocating for the cat’s return.

“It’s conscionable absurd to maine that anyone would deliberation to instrumentality someone’s favored distant from the household that he’s been with for 10 years,” she said.

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