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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2006Armed men steal cat
Now this is really weird. A couple of men in Dallas (just up the road from my dad's house!) stole a cat at gunpoint! No money was taken - just the cat. http://www.nbc5i.com/news/5823941/detail.html Hugs and Purrs, Mark has to be the person's cat must have been taken away from them then put up for adoption > Now this is really weird. A couple of men in Dallas (just up the road > from my dad's house!) stole a cat at gunpoint! No money was taken - [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Hugs and Purrs, > Mark > Now this is really weird. A couple of men in Dallas (just up the road > from my dad's house!) stole a cat at gunpoint! No money was taken - > just the cat. > http://www.nbc5i.com/news/5823941/detail.html I fear this cat might have been stolen for a dog fight. :( Joyce > > Now this is really weird. A couple of men in Dallas (just up the road > > from my dad's house!) stole a cat at gunpoint! No money was taken - [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I fear this cat might have been stolen for a dog fight. :( No, cats are too easy to come by for these men to risk prison over by stealing one for a dog fight. Nah. SOmething else up here. I think NMR is right. They could FIND any cat for something like that. Really wierd. Hope they like the cat as much as they seem to. Very strange. > > Now this is really weird. A couple of men in Dallas (just up the road > > from my dad's house!) stole a cat at gunpoint! No money was taken - [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Joyce > Nah. SOmething else up here. I think NMR is right. They could FIND any cat > for something like that. Really wierd. Hope they like the cat as much as > they seem to. Very strange. Well, I hope you all are right. It just doesn't seem to me that if it was some nice guy adopting a cat for his child, that he would use armed robbery as the way to obtain the cat! Something's wrong there... Joyce > > Nah. SOmething else up here. I think NMR is right. They could FIND any cat > > for something like that. Really wierd. Hope they like the cat as much as [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > was some nice guy adopting a cat for his child, that he would use armed > robbery as the way to obtain the cat! Something's wrong there... Those are not the only choices. > > Well, I hope you all are right. It just doesn't seem to me that if it > > was some nice guy adopting a cat for his child, that he would use armed > > robbery as the way to obtain the cat! Something's wrong there... > > Those are not the only choices. If someone put Smokey in a PetCo, I would steal him back. I do hope this cat will be okay. (I agree that if you want a cat for dogbaiting or some similar shady purpose, it is much easier to nab one off the street or answer a "free to good home" ad than it is to steal one at gunpoint.) --Fil > > > Well, I hope you all are right. It just doesn't seem to me that if it > > > was some nice guy adopting a cat for his child, that he would use armed [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > If someone put Smokey in a PetCo, I would steal him back. yeah, that was the choice I was thinking of. Although, if it was their cat, why not just TELL the people, you know? > I do hope this cat will be okay. me too. > (I agree that if you want a cat for dogbaiting or some similar shady > purpose, it is much easier to nab one off the street or answer a "free > to good home" ad than it is to steal one at gunpoint.) This is one of those stories that, although my first desire is to see the kitty be safe, my second is to learn WHY the guys did it. Could be something as strange as "major catlovers who are broke and have a habit of acting outside the law fall in love with orange tabby." As we have all seen, there are certainly thugs among cat lovers! 8*( On Wed 04 Jan 2006 08:35:30p, Enfilade wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes (news:1136424929.988212.223620 @g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com): > If someone put Smokey in a PetCo, I would steal him back. We (local SPCA here) had a situation like that when a cat I used to foster was returned from his first adopted notonetruehome and he had to go back to the foster coordinator because he wasn't the same when he came back, and I already had a problem foster cat here. The FC decided to put him at a PetCo for more exposure, but a woman shopper saw him and decided he was her cat that had run away. The dates didn't coincide at all, so he couldn't be her cat. She stole him from the PetCo. I don't know the details, but apparently she was spotted hanging around the adoption area after being told he couldn't be her cat, and when she was gone, he was gone. I think about that cat often and hope that she gave him a good home. He sure deserved it.  SignatureCheryl > We (local SPCA here) had a situation like that when a cat I used to > foster was returned from his first adopted notonetruehome and he had [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > -- That happened at HS Indy when I worked there as a volunteer. And when I adopted Tessa thay had to put her under lock and key because the husband of the woman who dumped her threatened to come steal her. People are nutty! -L. After a few days of thought on this, I would guess that these guys *just happened* to have guns with them, when they decided to steal the cat, and that when they were approached by the Petco employee, one of them showed his gun to discourage any action by the employee. That would make a lot more sense. Hugs and Purrs, Mark SignatureProof of Sanity Forged Upon Request > > Well, I hope you all are right. It just doesn't seem to me that if it > > was some nice guy adopting a cat for his child, that he would use armed > > robbery as the way to obtain the cat! Something's wrong there... > Those are not the only choices. Yeah, yeah, I know. I was just saying, if it's a nice person, why the armed robbery? Joyce > > > Well, I hope you all are right. It just doesn't seem to me that if it > > > was some nice guy adopting a cat for his child, that he would use armed [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Yeah, yeah, I know. I was just saying, if it's a nice person, why the > armed robbery? I would agree that generally people who commit armed robbery are not nice people!! :) But--not all cat lovers are nice people, either. They might be nice to cats, but terrible to humans. Actually, from the way many people behave, that makes more sense to me than I like. > > Nah. SOmething else up here. I think NMR is right. They could FIND > any cat > for something like that. Really wierd. Hope they like the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Joyce That's not what NMR said. "has to be the person's cat must have been taken away from them"... taken away from them for animal cruelty or who knows what else. It's a bit farfetched but then, so is the crime itself. Jill > Now this is really weird. A couple of men in Dallas (just up the road > from my dad's house!) stole a cat at gunpoint! No money was taken - [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Hugs and Purrs, > Mark A very strange story. It makes me worry about the cat's welfare. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Now this is really weird. A couple of men in Dallas (just up the road > from my dad's house!) stole a cat at gunpoint! No money was taken - [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Hugs and Purrs, > Mark Could it be....Conan!?! <r,d,h> -L. > <r,d,h> What does this mean? Joyce > > <r,d,h> > > What does this mean? It means run, duck, and hide. If only there were a place. <G> > > <r,d,h> > > What does this mean? > > Joyce Run, duck, hide. Google "Conan" and you will undertsand why. -L. |
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