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i'd pay the bill and send a box of roses & some flowers to the people who took your cat in
most people would just ignore the cat tbh..
This... !
Wow, what a load of moaning old ladies 
My take:
Morally, there is a case for reimbursing the vet for his help in trying to save your beloved cat. If he'd succeeded you'd probably be very grateful indeed etc etc. Equally you could say that morally the vet should see how skint you are and not charge you for helping an animal in pain.
Realistically though, trying to remain objective for the sake of discussion, I agree with Scuzi et al. There was no contract formed (as per Consumer Credit Act) and no agreement or obligation to pay was arranged. If I had a cat and it got run over, I'd shoot it and bury it and it'd cost me about 2p; the fact the vet took it upon himself to decide he was going to try to save the cat and treat it was HIS decision.
To contact you out of the blue and demand funds is dodgy indeed. At best, he should have said "Hi, your cat was brought in injured on xx date xx and we saw s/he was in pain. You couldn't be contacted so we decided to try to save the cat, but sadly failed. It cost us £xx (actual cost not vets fees cost) to do so, we would be grateful for a voluntary contribution towards offsetting this."
We had an incident years ago with one of my dogs. He sliced an artery and peed blood for nearly an hour. A kind stranger stopped her car (I was 17) and offered to drive us to the only vets open on that Sunday - 30 miles away. All local practices deferred emergency care to this one clinic for Sundays.
I explained that I was only 17, hadn't much money (and certainly none on me at the time!) and that if I could afford treatment I'd pay. If not I'd put him down. They said it'd be around £250 but I could pay in installments, which was very nice of them. Nothing was signed. A WEEK after his op (he was fine btw) a large black guy hammered on my mum's door, pushed his way into the house and said if she didn't pay £500 there and then for the vets fees, he was going to start "helping himself.
She naturally cacked herself, and phoned the police. We spoke with a solicitor about it and he sent one paragraph to the vet's office which said something very much like:
"Dear sirs,
Reference the intimidating gentleman you dispatched to speak to my client's mother on xxdatexx. Please forward a copy of the agreement my client signed under the Consumer Credit Act. If you do not have any such agreement, feel free to never contact my client again."
They wrote back next day waiving all charges and fees, and that was that.
My take:Morally, there is a case for reimbursing the vet for his help in trying to save your beloved cat. If he'd succeeded you'd probably be very grateful indeed etc etc. Equally you could say that morally the vet should see how skint you are and not charge you for helping an animal in pain.
Realistically though, trying to remain objective for the sake of discussion, I agree with Scuzi et al. There was no contract formed (as per Consumer Credit Act) and no agreement or obligation to pay was arranged. If I had a cat and it got run over, I'd shoot it and bury it and it'd cost me about 2p; the fact the vet took it upon himself to decide he was going to try to save the cat and treat it was HIS decision.
To contact you out of the blue and demand funds is dodgy indeed. At best, he should have said "Hi, your cat was brought in injured on xx date xx and we saw s/he was in pain. You couldn't be contacted so we decided to try to save the cat, but sadly failed. It cost us £xx (actual cost not vets fees cost) to do so, we would be grateful for a voluntary contribution towards offsetting this."
We had an incident years ago with one of my dogs. He sliced an artery and peed blood for nearly an hour. A kind stranger stopped her car (I was 17) and offered to drive us to the only vets open on that Sunday - 30 miles away. All local practices deferred emergency care to this one clinic for Sundays.
I explained that I was only 17, hadn't much money (and certainly none on me at the time!) and that if I could afford treatment I'd pay. If not I'd put him down. They said it'd be around £250 but I could pay in installments, which was very nice of them. Nothing was signed. A WEEK after his op (he was fine btw) a large black guy hammered on my mum's door, pushed his way into the house and said if she didn't pay £500 there and then for the vets fees, he was going to start "helping himself.
She naturally cacked herself, and phoned the police. We spoke with a solicitor about it and he sent one paragraph to the vet's office which said something very much like:
"Dear sirs,
Reference the intimidating gentleman you dispatched to speak to my client's mother on xxdatexx. Please forward a copy of the agreement my client signed under the Consumer Credit Act. If you do not have any such agreement, feel free to never contact my client again."
They wrote back next day waiving all charges and fees, and that was that.
I never said lock the cats up I said don't keep them. Lets be honest, a human owning an animal isn't exactly a relationship of freedom anyway now is it? People who let their animals roam free cause no end of trouble to other people and their animals which end up getting killed. If it's in their nature to do something then don't keep them, I wouldn't let a lion roam about the city because it's in it's nature to be free, I simply wouldn't have one in the first place.
There was no contract between the OP and the person who took it to the vet!
So do please keep banging your head against that wall as hopefully some sense will be knocked into it.
A cat *ate* your guinea pig? Was it a lion?
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Pay it you scummer.
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Keeping a cat in a cage all it's life, with no interaction would be comparable to a battery hen.
Cats are fully trainable, just as are dolphins, whales, birds, dogs, etc.
I agree it's not easy, nor does any creature 100% of the time obey the rules.
However if you haven't the time to spend you shouldn't have a pet.
Pay a trip to your local zoo/wildlife park you'll be amazed what is possible.
Clicker training is used by most professionals, It's amazingly simple and the results are very fast.
If you don't wish for a dog/cat to cross certain boundaries - electric collars work fantastically, the pet only needs to cross the line 1 or 2 times before they learn.
Shouting "no kitty no" is where I'm sure many decide cats cant be trained so give up. It's worth researching and spending the time, and not sticking your head in the sand pretending it's all someone else's fault.
It was a tragic accident, but it possibly could have been avoided.
A cat/dog is similar in it's naeivity to danger as a small child.. - if you let it roam freely onto the street, accidents may happen it's your responsibility.
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you've never heard cats making noise or fighting outside your window at night? My neighbours had the cheek to complain about our dogs barking until i pointed out that they're barking at their cats that they let roam free all day and night and sit on our fence. I dont really mind the noise but dont be ignorant about cats causing an irritation to other people, i get just as annoyed at my dogs barking as you do.
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My cat was knocked over and killed and handed in to a vets if I was to pick her up will I have to pay anything thing they asked me if I won't her cremated witch will cost £40 witch I haven't got ?
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I'm actually amazed that Ocuk, a computer enthusiast forum, has enough presence that people are signing up to necro a 12 year old thread about a dead cat.
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