Because she had a clipped ear, we knew she had been neutered by the municipal animal control unit.  And because she had a hanging empty belly we knew she had been neutered when she was pregnant.  And because she was so small and battered and the other cats wouldn’t let her eat if we tried to feed her, we started keeping watch over her when we brought out food, and when that didn’t work, we encouraged her to come up to eat in our place.   So for the past year and a half, she comes in twice a day for food – and sometimes sticks around to rub herself on the furniture.  She grew up to be enormous.  She doesn’t let us touch her, and this is her way to connect.  But when we came back from a few days away, I saw blood under her tail, and then we could see she had been entered violently.  Then we saw the bald spot on the back of her neck, where some cat had bit into her – as he held her down and entered her.  

Even a neutered cat, or a neutral nation, can be attacked – especially when all order has been lost.