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I'm just curious what others here think. I have rescued quite a few stray cats over the years, and although I think I do enough to locate any possible owners, I'd like to know how far you would go.
Originally, I used to knock on all neighbors' doors, call the Humane Society, check the local paper, and watch for signs. Occasionally, I did find a neighbor whose cat had just escaped, but usually, I could not find an owner, even with all those methods. These days, I am putting more of the onus on the owner, figuring that if they lost a cat and *really* want it back, they will knock on *my* door, put up signs, put it in the paper, put it online on Pet FBI, etc. I still check for signs, and the paper and Pet FBI online, but no longer knock on doors or call the Humane Society (they force you to record a message, rather than being able to ask a person if anyone has reported a missing cat fitting the description, and there *are* unscrupulous people out there who might say 'Yeah, that's my cat' when it isn't.).
So am I going far enough to find any potential owner before I take these strays into a no-kill shelter?
Thanks for any opinions.
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