Would You Rescue A Mouse Your Cat Brought To You, Or Run Away Screaming?

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Fortunately, my own cat is 98% an indoor feline and she seems more interested in frightening off her neighbouring moggies than chasing rodents when outdoors. However, it is a different story at Mum's house! She has 2 cats, a mother and daughter combination that roam around her very large garden. These cats are very cute but in the summertime well, to be frank, they are killers (or try to be). The fun part, for them, is chasing their prey and playing with it rather than killing it outright, which is kinda cruel! Anyway, one day I was at my Mum's. She was at the sink and she suddenly screamed "Mouse!" as the back door was open due to it being a lovely day. I looked over from where I was sitting and - sure enough - there was the tiniest mouse dumped at the doorway with both cats flanking it, waiting for it to move so they could pounce on it again. I wasn't having any of this. "Poor mouse!" I thought so I proceeded to take a closer look at it. Aww, it was sooo small!! Panting too so obviously still alive but it had its eyes closed to try and deceive the cats. I took the opportunity to pick the mouse up, using a tea-towel. Then I sat down on the chair with the tea-towel/mouse on my lap to see if it revived. I also stroked its tiny head with my finger and, to my amazement it opened its eyes and started moving about on the tea-towel. There were some seeds in the house so I fed it a few of the tiniest ones and it responded to those as well! I was so pleased about this that I decided to rescue this cute little creature and place it in the front garden, inbetween Mum's and her neighbour, under a small shrub. It scurried off! I took a risk letting the mouse go in that particular location as Mum's cats don't venture out into the front garden but other stray cats do visit the next neighbour along from there so I'm hoping that the mouse managed to stay alive long enough to evade capture from those furry fiends as well lol. :-)