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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - I am so sorry you are going through this. I feel your anguish over this cat - you must be so worried.

You may not have any actual legal recourse - but many people have had a lawyer send a cease and desist letter anyway. If you have the funds to hire a lawyer for that - it's a quick job - or you have any lawyer friends, it's worth looking into.

If you are worried about the cats, you can call animal services and have them do a welfare check. You can also threaten to do that, if the rescue director doesn't tell you where the cat is and give you the opportunity to adopt them. It is escalatory but something to consider.

You don't deserve any of this. You trusted someone, when maybe you shouldn't have - but that doesn't mean you deserve to be publicly humiliated or to have a cat you nurtured for a year taken away from you.

You might also want to try reaching out to someone at the vet's office to see if they can give you any info - a receptionist or a vet tech. They may say no, but they may not.[/quote]

I am looking into have a lawyer write a letter. 
I was going to look into a protective order for antiharassment, but I was told that process is very lengthy and stressful and my DV advocate says with everything I am already going through, it would just put me through more stress. 
I did ask the vet if she could give me info about where the cat was going and she said she would, but then she said she didn't get a chance to talk to the owner of this rescue when my foster cat was picked up after her procedure.[/quote]

I'm glad you're talking to a lawyer - and that you have a DV advocate helping to guide you. I just want to say again how sorry I am. I'm going to suggest another thing to talk to the lawyer about - that's filing a lawsuit to get the cat back. You probably don't want to actually file, and I think it's not 100% that you would win if you do, but I think there is a reasonable argument to make that after caring for this cat for most of their life, that you should be considered the owner - you'd file what's called a replevin action to get the cat back (that's when someone has wrongfully taken your property - animals are considered property under the law).

Again, not sure you want to actually file suit - but the lawyer may want to threaten a lawsuit, if you would like to get the cat back. Just to see if it works.

I am wishing the best for you and for the cat.[/quote]

The cat isn't hers. She signed a foster agreement. The cat is the rescue's property. That's how it works.

The rescue director rightfully questioned HER PROPERTY's safety when informed about the ongoing DV issue in the home of the foster parents. Foster parents of animals have to be screened and follow appropriate guidelines - DV certainly is a legitimate reason to remove.

The rescue is within her rights to post what she wants on social media - particularly given that she didn't post specifics. There is no "harrasment" in this scenario. Similarly, OP has come here to spout all kinds of allegations about the director - who could in turn feel the same way as OP.

OP should be encouraged to focus on the actual problems she is having - namely protecting herself mentally and physically from an abusive person - all this energy focusing on a foster should be re-directed so that OP can have a healthy life, if not a happy one.[/quote]

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