My friend Jared’s cat was missing. He asked a neighbor whether she’d seen it. “Hmm, come check” said the neighbor.
It turned out the neighbor had gotten sick of bringing her own cat in at night, and had trained her dog to herd the cat in through the one-way cat door. But as Jared put it, “cats are fungible”. So now there were a collection of felines in a small space (with food).
Imagine a large scary animal forcing you into, say, a van. You’re let out into an enclosure and a number of other prisoners are there too. But noone can communicate with anyone else to explain what’s going on. IIRC Jared did indeed get his cat back.
