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Death of beloved neighborhood cat sparks outrage against robotaxis in San Francisco
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2025
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Who told you that cat was someone’s pet?
The linked article, like the person claimed.
Picture of cat shows a collar, tag, and bell. It's a pet.
The linked Article doesn’t reference any pets. The quote you used is from Waymo, who didn’t know anything about the cat besides the fact that they ran it over.
The linked article...
There are no pets mentioned in the linked article.
"We send our deepest sympathies to the cat's owner"
Did you even read it?
Yes I read that. That's the boilerplate statement from the company that is obviously factually incorrect.
Work on your comprehension skills, it will help you in life.
There is no owner mentioned in that article, and it was very obviously a stray cat.
Your quote is just an example of the fact that Waymo has a canned, boilerplate template ready to go for when they run over an animal.
Did you ask some AI to summarise the article? Because there's no mention of it being a pet cat.
Did you read it? Or did you just ctrl+f "pet"? Because it specifically mentions the cat having an owner.