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This week a story got some ink that raised the question: can't a man just save a cat? 49-year-old Chris Muth was put in a psych ward (where they called him "cat man") for doing just that...but upon his release the NY Post reports that he lost his home, his job and his girlfriend. The Carroll Gardens condo owner told him, while hospitalized, that he was "a nice guy" but "too exciting" and had to leave the residence. He then lost a job for being away too long -- the contractor he was working for told him: "You should have shot the cat, left it there and come to work." And the cherry on top, he was dumped by a girlfriend who claims "His optimism approached delusion." WNBC has a video interview with Muth, who now says "If I had known all this was going to happen, I might have found another way to get the cat."

The Brooklyn Paper reports on a 7-year-old cat that was trapped in a narrow shaft in a Carroll Gardens apartment building, three floors below where it was supposed to be. It took over two weeks to get it out, but that's not was garnered the story so much attention. Turns out Rumi, the cat, was just fine, but Chris Muth, the cat-sitter, landed in a mental hospital during the ordeal! His medical records were brandished with the words: “bizarre delusion [that he] was trying to ‘save’ a cat of his friend." See, to rescue the feline he had to partially rip apart not one, but two apartments -- and during the second one (the one he didn't have permission to access) he was taken away to the psych ward of Long Island College Hospital. Luckily, NYC's Animal Care and Control finally rescued Rumi, who was trapped for a total of 15 days...as for Muth, he was held for 6! Update: Muth has lost his job, his house and his girlfriend over this!