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Lautenschlager refers to Joy as a community cat, which is a term often used to describe outdoor, unowned, free-roaming cats.
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
So the purchase consisted of $443 million for the unowned portion and up to $221 million upon reaching certain regulatory milestones.
—Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
The remainder of the unowned cats pose a risk not only to the local wildlife, but to people too.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Philosopher Garrett Hardin’s original description of the tragedy of the commons was couched in terms of a shepherd bringing one more sheep to graze on an unowned pasture.
—Bruce Yandle, Twin Cities, 13 Mar. 2025
Animal welfare organizations, like Our Companions, provide such programs to control unowned, outdoor cat populations from increasing by spaying and neutering.
—Our Companions, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
The sporadic and individual efforts of residents like Rodriguez, many of whom have relatives buried at the site, kept the unowned and unmanaged cemetery intact for many years.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Apr. 2024
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
So the purchase consisted of $443 million for the unowned portion and up to $221 million upon reaching certain regulatory milestones.
—Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
The remainder of the unowned cats pose a risk not only to the local wildlife, but to people too.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Philosopher Garrett Hardin’s original description of the tragedy of the commons was couched in terms of a shepherd bringing one more sheep to graze on an unowned pasture.
—Bruce Yandle, Twin Cities, 13 Mar. 2025
Animal welfare organizations, like Our Companions, provide such programs to control unowned, outdoor cat populations from increasing by spaying and neutering.
—Our Companions, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
The sporadic and individual efforts of residents like Rodriguez, many of whom have relatives buried at the site, kept the unowned and unmanaged cemetery intact for many years.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Apr. 2024
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“Unowned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unowned. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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