Question for those who have finished the game....

My 10 yr old and I have been playing PWS2 and he's been noticing a lot of discussion around the mayor wanting to take his cat back. This is upsetting him because we recently had to put his companion kitty to sleep and he's starting to freak out at it. I tried looking up the answer online but couldn't find anything helpful so I thought I'd come ask you peeps on here if you've finished the game.