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Cat owner spends $20,000 and wears a helmet to feed their cat

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 20, 2026
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Somewhere in Illinois, a person puts on a helmet and shin guards every day just to feed their cat. Not as a bit. Because the cat will latch onto their leg and claw its way up to their neck if they don’t.

The owner never meant to adopt this cat. They’d agreed to temporarily house a shelter cat pulled off a euthanasia list — one with…

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