We’ve adopted cats from the shelter, and we’ve taken in unwanted cats. Our family has never had problems. As a matter of fact, we’ve never had any problems with our dogs either.
There are reasons for those “This House is Protected by an Attack Cat.”
I owned an “attack cat,” it took 6 years to calm her down but I would never fully trust her around ....children.
Cat’s can have several kinds of seemingly unprovoked types of aggression. One is called transfer aggression (what my cat had) and the other is petting aggression (why I have a bite wound on my hand from a client’s cat). Cat bites and scratches are very bad deals and I sincerely hope they take the baby to the hospital or doctor.
This will provoke the removal of the cat from the home by the health department or child services.