Considering how much adoration the world seems to have for cuddly animals, you'd think it would be universally understood by now that you don't mess with somebody's pet.
But it seems that doesn't stop some people from either trying to take an animal that clearly isn't theirs or trying to get rid of their partner's pet despite knowing how much that would hurt them.
After all, as if that sudden separation isn't painful enough for pet owners, the fact that the animal could be anywhere and in any condition tends to have people assuming the worst.
And yet, we can sometimes find that the culprits aren't even sorry for the misery they've caused when they do something like that. And as one story illustrates, that's often because they've already found a way to justify what they've done in their heads no matter how divorced from reality this justification is.