Where are stolen cats sold?
It is a good question because both in the USA and the UK the thievery of pet cats and dogs is on the rise. In the UK, for example, thefts of cats has risen by forty percent in the past … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: theft
Ten domestic cats mysteriously and illegally relocated to stately home near Wigan
NEW AND VIEWS – WIGAN, UK: It is reported that 10 cats have vanished from a neighbourhood of Wigan over a four-week period and that some of them have turned up in good health roaming around a grade II listed … Continue reading →
The impossibility of proving cat theft and sharing cat ownership
A retired police detective inspector in the UK, Colin Butcher, who has dealt with many thefts believes that about 50% of cats have a second home they frequent regularly. He said that he’s heard of four people believing that they … Continue reading →
Delivery man who stole woman’s cat and released him far from home apologises in letter
Heidi Dalbec has offered a $2,000 reward for information leading to the recovery her cat Dot who is very friendly and greatly missed: Dot is a VERY VERY friendly/outgoing feline. He is greatly missed. Brian Vieau stole her cat. Brian … Continue reading →
Can I let my Bengal cat go outside?
The decision as to whether you should let your cat go outside is entirely based in practicalities and the answer is NO unless they are leash trained and on a lead or inside a custom built enclosure or catio. The … Continue reading →
Black panther rescued from roof has now been stolen from a zoo
This young black panther (probably a black jaguar) is having a hard time living in the human environment. Firstly, and we don’t know how, she ended up as a pet in somebody’s home in northen France and then escaped onto … Continue reading →
Were these cat traps owned by TNR lady taken for scrap or stolen?
“I don’t think anybody purposefully stole them..” – Bridgette Gill of the TNR rescue group Purrfect Paws & Pals She thinks that the traps were mistaken for junk and taken to be scrapped as on the day they were taken … Continue reading →
Stealing vulnerable, living creatures from a charity is despicable
But this exactly what happened when a family of seven entered a cat shelter in Scotland, the Lothian Cat Rescue, on August 24. The story indicates that they entered the building with the intention of stealing cats. “An incident occurred … Continue reading →
Woman trapped neighbor’s cat, left him in a cage in hot weather and dumped him miles away
Barrie, Ontario, Canada: A woman trapped her neighbour’s cat. She left the cat in a cage in very hot weather outside in her backyard which appears to have caught the eye of another neighbour who filmed it. The screenshot below … Continue reading →
Elderly woman taught her cats to steal from neighbors
In this astonishing (impossible) story, an 83-year-old woman taught her 65 cats to steal shiny objects from her neighbours. Investigators found $650,000 worth of jewellery and precious metal objects together with piles of worthless shiny objects in her home. The … Continue reading →