Cat thief's operate in your area!!!!

**Carol ann** · 26th July 2011, 03:05 PM

OMG, these days nothing is safe, thank the lord you woke and investigated, I agree about phoning the police.
I once had a pair of Russian Blues (brother and sister) both neutered, they used to go in my back garden ,then one day there was only the girl she was so distressed but wouldn't let anyone pick her up, 2 mnths later there was an advert in our local paper, someone had found a male cat, I rang it was Smirnoff, the distance was to far for him to have covered and his pads were in ok condition. Our vet thought someone had thought the cats were a breeding pair and tried to grab both of them. After this incident the female cat would not go out in the garden and Smirnoff was so frightened he got out one day never to be seen again.

**Antonia** · 26th July 2011, 04:08 PM

What a dreadful nightmare! And such a relief you could chase them off before they took your poor frightened Buddy.

I recently heard about a lady in Holland who used to leave her cats (Persians, I believe) in the outside run at night. One morning she woke up, the wire mesh had been cut and the cats were gone.

So, better only let them in the run when you can keep on eye on them. And tell the police about it, of course.

**Helen & John** · 26th July 2011, 04:37 PM

Oh Karen, is Buddy ok? I hope he clawed the hell out of the little s*#ts!!!
After yesterdays adventure I have not let Hector and Roxy mooch about outside as they have been doing, it worrys me as we are not far from the A34 and they are so different from the cats you see out and about that someone may try to 'claim' them (they would bring Hector back sharpish when they discovered what a dustbin he is though lol)!

But they do get 'talked' to through the window by passers by...........little girls really seem to love them! It does worry me that there are some people about that would try to steal other peoples cats!

Big hugs to you and Buddy it must have been horrible when you realised what had been going on xxx

**cooncatbob** · 26th July 2011, 07:23 PM

Is your enclosure visible from the street?
I hope Buddy's not too traumatized.
Stealing someones pet is about as low as you can get.
I've posted a warning on my US pet forum.

**cooncatbob** · 27th July 2011, 02:30 AM

I posted about this attempted theft on a Cat forum I belong to in the USA and someone replied that cats are sometimes stolen for their pelts.
THE CAT FUR TRADE
That's just barbaric and to steal someones beloved pet for it's pelt is just horrendous.

**Rachel-C** · 27th July 2011, 05:02 PM

What a horrific experience for you and Buddy! Glad he is safe, it beggars belief what lows some people will stoop to.

**pralinehalo** · 27th July 2011, 08:37 PM

That's awful! So glad Buddy is ok XxX

**catslave** · 28th July 2011, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by cooncatbob

I posted about this attempted theft on a Cat forum I belong to in the USA and someone replied that cats are sometimes stolen for their pelts.
THE CAT FUR TRADE
That's just barbaric and to steal someones beloved pet for it's pelt is just horrendous.

I cried so much reading that link, thank you for sharing x

**cooncatbob** · 28th July 2011, 04:02 AM

Originally Posted by catslave

I cried so much reading that link, thank you for sharing x

It is horrible, it seems with the bad economy people will do anything to make money, in the Sacramento area of California where I live there's been a lot of theft of live copper wiring, schools, athletic fields and even traffic lights have had their wiring stolen.
There's is some justice in the world as one of these would be thieves got himself electrocuted.