‘The vet brought the cat out and my mom burst out laughing, how can you not’: A feral cat’s hard-won rescue from an isolated island is marked by a humiliating haircut that sparks a lifelong grudge and a series of poetic acts of vengeance

Cats can be so ridiculourly stubborn it is hard to believe. Like for what reason would you go from being a long haired house cat, prince of your domicile, to then turn around and decide to try and make it as a feral feline in the woods? Obviously there is no good reason and this catto just wasted everyone’s time, but it wasn’t for nothing…