A Point Reyes Station woman is suing Planned Feralhood for refusing to give back her cat for alleged negligence. Marie Kinney, a permanently disabled 58-year-old, said she acquired the black feline as an emotional support animal in 2006, the same year the cat was picked up in Bolinas. Planned Feralhood’s adoption agreement allowed Ms. Kinney to keep the cat as long as it was cared for. But the cat, named Emmyline, suffered a hip injury at its home last October. According to the lawsuit, Ms. Kinney told the Marin County Sheriff’s Office at the time that a man living with her had kicked the cat and dislocated its hip. (Ms. Kinney has since denied the statement.) Emmyline underwent medical care at the Point Reyes Animal Hospital, accumulating nearly $5,000 in veterinarian bills—costs that Planned Feralhood covered. The hospital then handed the cat over to Kathy Runnion, founder of the cat rescue nonprofit, and Ms. Runnion refused to return the cat to Ms. Kinney. “It would have been easier to give the cat back, but [Ms. Runnion] felt so strongly about what happened to Emmy, she doesn’t want it to happen again,” Bruce Wagman, Ms. Runnion’s lawyer, said. “She’s going through an awful lot to protect Emmy.” In December, Ms. Kinney filed a suit alleging discrimination against her. Edwin Munich, a doctor with the Coastal Health Alliance, wrote in a statement included in the suit that Ms. Kinney suffers from significant medical and psychological disabilities and her cat has provided her with therapeutic support. “Since the cat has not been with her for approximately the past two months, her symptoms have worsened and she is in great distress,” he wrote. Ligia Parameter, Ms. Kinney’s lawyer, told the Light, “This is about the rights of the elderly and the disabled to own pets and property.” Ms. Kinney also sued the animal hospital, but dropped the charges. A case management conference has been scheduled for May 14.