Thanks Moonlit, for your concern. Ultimately, I'm not literally trying to make him my pet instead of theirs, but as long as he's being left outside in winter, and at my house during the evening dinnertime hours, I'll give him a warm place to sleep in my porch, a bit of kibble, and some attention. He's definitely an attention whore cat, but he spends far too much time in my porch to be getting attention from all the neighbors. I like him and I'm concerned about his wellbeing, but he's not allowed in my house, and I'm not going to try and keep him from his actual owners.
I still think the harness is stupid though. They put a collar on him a couple of years ago and I found him limping in our yard with his hind paw stuck in it. I don't believe cats are meant to be contained, and I would never restrain mine or lock it in a house.
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