An Open Letter to the Person Whose Brown Tabby Cat is Walking Around My Neighborhood

Someone in the Third Addition has a cat on the loose.  I have seen this small cat the past two nights on our back patio.  Last night, he or she was trying to eat the dried bread we had put out for the birds.  No collar, therefore no tags, and the cat is frightened when I open the door, so I cannot offer it any warmth when it's 6 degrees or less outside, in a blanket of snow.  Person Whose Cat This Is, I am calling you out as an idiot.  Do you think cats like to be outside, that somehow it is their natural environment?  Do you think your pet is disposable?  Maybe it accidentally got out of your house - without tags it will never be able to be traced back to you.  It is freaking cold outside!  This isn't a squirrel or a rabbit, used to living outside, this is a house cat!  It's supposed to be -10 tonight.  Do you know how long it will take your cat to freeze to death?  That cat will be cold and miserable for a very long time before it dies. I suggest you come to my back yard and sit in the snow and wait for your cat to come eat my stale scraps, so you can call to it, take it home and give it the life you agreed to give it when you gave it a home in the first place.

Your pet is not disposable.