It depends if they track the cat to some other person’s house to kill them.
Those folks were out in my front yard one time looking for the Airtag itself. Their phones were telling them it was somewhere around my property. Funny...I found it the week before on my driveway. It shook loose from the halter the cat was wearing
Airtags were new to me, so I had no idea what it was when I found it. I did some googling and figured it out. I came out and asked them if I could help them. They told me what they were looking for and...bingo...it dawned on me. We had a laugh and I returned their Airtag. Luckily, we’re not in a neIghborhood that shoots first and then asks questions. My dog and I, and the cat have become good friends since then. LOL