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>>199704 to put it into further perspective: you are intervening and making the world a little better. at least the world in your immediate vicinity. it may not be much, it may not matter to other people either. but it matters to you. it will matter to the cat. and it will matter to the others who interact with you in order to take in and care for the animal (assuming the No-kill shelter option is pursued).
The cat's lonely. It's hungry. It's constantly aware of being hurt and focusing on survival. It sees one human that seems different, but it could be another human that just pretends in order to get close to it and hurt it terribly. Even worse, it can't even really see that human because something is hurting it's eye. It's cold, it's lonely, and it has up to this point led a solitary and unenviable existence.
should you choose to intervene you may not have any reward. shit, you may have to pay for the vet fees or road trip fees if the local no-kill can't/won't take the kitty in. the thing that I think matters to you is your decision in making a difference in a creature's life.
you can't guarantee it will live on properly, but you can guarantee you will not look back and think "that was a mistake; I should have done something."
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