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: “We have a seven year old local breed who was adopted from an animal shelter where she lived alongside cats. She was fine being surrounded by cats at the shelter, and would only occasionally jump at the street cats on her walks, so we thought it would be OK to introduce an adopted adult female cat into the family. However, it has been a disastrous two weeks – we tried leashed introductions both at home and on neutral ground, but it