I know that a lot of outdoor cats have multiple families feeding them because they are assumed to be strays or not very well cared for but when it gets to the point of not letting the cat leave and keeping them for extended periods of time then it gets out of hand.

That is so rude of your neighbour. I wish others would respect what's not theirs.

sorry but it sounds like something I would or try too but my dad had really bad experiences with cats or a least play with it it was a good idea

I guess we stole a cat once. It was our neighbour's cat, a tabby called Pepper. She was so lovely, friendly and gentle. I was only a kid, but I adored her. I'd spend hours keeping her company before she lived with us. He was an awful man, and what you'd call a 'nightmare neighbour'. She belonged to his ex-girlfriend and her kid. (Who was not allowed to play with me because of his dislike of our family. We were no older than six or seven at most.) When she left him, she left the cat too. He made her live outside for years, he had no affection for her, and not once did he ever let her in the house or acknowledge her other than to leave food out in a bowl. If it got soggy and horrible in the rain, so be it. If it was storming, raining, or even the dead of winter, she was still not allowed in. I felt so sad for her. She was so nice, she didn't deserve that. We never lured her in, not once. But I started going out and feeding her bits of ham, our kitchen door opened right to where she'd always be sitting, looking so sad and hungry. One day she came into the kitchen, and I waited til she wandered back out, and closed the door. She decided she didn't like that, and the next time she came in she refused to leave, so she began living with us. We never forced her to stay with us. She'd been an outdoor only cat for years, and we wouldn't take that away from her. The neighbour knew she'd been staying in our house, and other than a few mean and snarky comments he never asked for her back. We would have given him to her if he had. It would have been awful, but we wouldn't have had a choice. We'd have offered payment for her, and I know my sister and I would have begged for her if we had to. But he never asked. Once or twice he even seemed to imply tacit approval. We adored her. When I think of her, I remember her laying out in front of the fireplace, purring and happy, finally warm and loved like she deserved. My whole life, I've never known a better cat. I doubt I ever will. She lived with us for maybe two years, maybe more, maybe a little less, before he decided to move. The day he did, Pepper went missing. We never saw her again.

The cat shoudl always have been indoors. You are lucky the neighbor didn't have worse intentions. You might not even HAVE a cat anymore.

cats should be kept indoors anyways. ydi

Any animal I find in my yard is subject to trapping and being sent to animal control. YDI.

our old neighbor use to do this with my mom's cat. when we were moving we had to go get our cat and she asked to keep her.. um no lady we've had that cat for years !

Everyone's trying to steal a pussy!!

Why do people do creepy shit like that? If your neighbor likes cats so much she should just get her own.