article_snippet: Julie Neeson's was worried when the cat, who was called Babies, didn't come home after being let out in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim.
article_snippet: Julie Neeson's went looking for the animal with daughters Tia, 13 and Kiana, 10, but a worried passer-by had already taken Julie Neeson's to a local vets.
article_snippet: Devastated: Kiana Neeson, 10, and Julie Neeson's family were left devastated when Kiana Neeson, 10, and her family pet cat Babies was put down without Kiana Neeson, 10, and her family consent or knowledge.
article_snippet: Speaking of the loss, Mrs Neeson said: 'I am devastated, my daughters are devastated. '
article_snippet: The family handed their pet cat Babies to Mrs Neeson and he was frozen.
article_snippet: I'd like to express my sympathies to the cat’s family at this difficult time, and I am sorry that this decision was made without the cat’s family being present,' Mrs Neeson said in a Facebook post,' Belfast Live reports. '
highlights_snippet: Julie Neeson's cat Babies did not come home after being let out at night .
  
highlights_snippet: Julie Neeson's cat Babies had been suffering renal failure and was given the lethal injection .
  
highlights_snippet: Julie Neeson's and Julie Neeson's two daughters discovered Julie Neeson's was dead the next day .