#i called every humane society/animal control adjacent program in my town and the four closest towns to me

[darkfinch]

current neighbourhood crisis: someone on nextdoor has a stray kitty in their backyard, and it's been in their backyard sitting on the porch and wandering around since the TWELFTH OF SEPTEMBER, but none of the stray pickup services near us will come get the kitty unless it's already in a carrier. they've been trying many strategies to con this kitty into a carrier. they cannot con this kitty into a carrier

enter my mom, who is a lifelong hater of cats (terrified, so terrified of the tiny guys) and who was only awakened to the concept of Animal Is Small Friend Actually via owning a dog herself, and who cannot stop thinking about this cat. is asking for near-daily updates on the status of this cat on nextdoor. is seriously considering driving to this person's house so that i (voluntold into this process) can catch the cat

like 1) i'm glad she's come around on Animal Is Small Friend and 2) i'm glad she has such faith in my ability to make animal friends but 3) i do not know how to catch a cat. she does not know how to catch a cat. she does not know this person in real life. she has not asked this person if we CAN go catch this cat, but it's all she can think about, this cat is occupying 34% of her brainspace,