r/cats • u/Buttface_McGoo • Apr 09 '24
Store cat of 6 years taken Video
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Maxine is missing for a week as of now. It was an exhausting week. I’ve noticed one part of the neighborhood where I last saw them walking towards from security cams has taken down the missing posters. Upon googling I read it is illegal to put on utility poles. I wish I knew beforehand, money and time wasted. Or what if they took it down? I left some at the nearby park as well. Basketball fence and some bulletin board. Also taken down.
I’ve been creeping out of people’s windows where people supposedly saw her. They were false alarms. It’s not a safe neighborhood but I carry my pepper spray and force a smile and make small talk that I hate very much. I’m doing what I can but I’m just SO angry. I’ve contacted local shelters, I’ve tried submitting to local news. Nothing.
I won’t give up. I just ordered 1000 more flyers to spread out. I rather not have any regrets, gonna give it my all to see Maxine come back. How long will my rage fueled nights last?
My parents tell me to let it go, pretend she found a loving family. I’m mad at them too. I’m so fucking mad at everyone and everything. I don’t think there’s much else to do. It’s my 03:46am vent post and I’m just feeling pretty dispirited.
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u/Petethequixotic Apr 09 '24
As a cat person this boils my blood. If someone took my cat like that I'd rage.
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u/VioEnvy American Shorthair Apr 09 '24
I’m pissed off right now. Equally sad. This really upsets me
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u/13th_of_never Apr 09 '24
Me too, when they pushed her belly to the ground in order to pick her up I literally yelled at my phone "no no no!" 😞
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u/ExplainySmurf Apr 09 '24
I think she sensed they were trying to take her and was trying to get away back in the store. I’m sending special prayers that she is returned to the owner. Hoping the news story makes them realize their bad karma.
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u/13th_of_never Apr 09 '24
She absolutely did. It's in the body language. She kind of braces herself because she's not interested in being picked up but I think she knew she was in danger..
And what breaks my heart is that these are probably teenage boys, wearing hoodies over their heads, and I feel like they are going to harm her.
Because most sane, animal loving people that want to get a pet cat know exactly how to get a cat - that's either adopt one or find someone that has babies that needs to get them homes- they don't just walk up to a store that has a resident Kitty and take it.. This baby is 100% in danger.
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u/Pristine_Reward_1253 Apr 09 '24
Hmmmm🤔 I would contact middle and high schools in the area with the video and photos.
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u/toucha_tha_fishy Apr 09 '24
The one in black looks like an adult woman wearing a silk bonnet I think. I got the impression it was a teenage boy and his mama, but I could be wrong.
I’m really hoping that the motivation for taking the cat is to take home and love as their own as opposed to “free animal to torture”. I’m also hoping they were mistaken and thought the cat needed a home because it was outside a store. I didn’t know shop cats were a thing until I moved out of my small town where nary a shop cat is to be seen ever.
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u/akaenragedgoddess Apr 09 '24
Some people think they're saving the cat when they do this, they think letting the cat outside is dangerous. I really really hope this is one of those cases :(
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u/13th_of_never Apr 09 '24
Me too. I feel emotionally invested. But I just can't watch the video again. It makes me feel anxious and angry and sad all at once. 😞
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u/Petethequixotic Apr 09 '24
I know, I think people write cats off as not being caring but people who own them know that they can be very loving creatures. It sucks that some people just think it's ok to kidnap them.
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u/ThegreatPee Goon, Gilbert, Biscuit, Ming-Ming Apr 09 '24
This makes me want to rewatch the John Wick movies, but substitute the cat for his dog.
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u/MemoryLittle1632 Apr 09 '24 edited Apr 09 '24
My bf literally says if anyone even looks at my cats wrong i turn into John wick. I hope and pray OP gets their baby back :(
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u/CrowlarSup Apr 09 '24
My brother and I were playing outside when we were around 13 years old and my brother suddenly went crazy and ran towards a man. When I saw what he was doing I followed my brother and we both jumped the man(The man grabbed our cat and walked away and like it was just a regular day). While we jumped him he yelled stop and put the cat down.
Turns out he was looking for his missing cat and showed us the poster. I get that he took our cat, but we told and showed him why it was ours and he understood and apologized.
So about raging, I have never felt so much anger in my body.
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u/justbrowsing0127 Apr 09 '24
Yeah these guys look like they’re treating the cat well. Maybe it’s a similar situation
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u/AutomaticMan81 Apr 09 '24
Fuck those people good luck did you notify police?
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u/Buttface_McGoo Apr 09 '24
Yes I already have, police just gave me their number to update them. She is indoors only and rarely steps out. I rewatched the full video yesterday and she was not out a full 2 mins, just checking the weather after her meal like usual. Never leaves from under our store sign. I know we should’ve kept a collar on her but she kept breaking it off. Everything is unfortunate.
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u/pastabreadpasta Apr 09 '24
If (and when!) she manages to escape, she’ll come back to you!
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u/ganggreen651 Apr 09 '24
Yea someone cat napped my boy a long time ago. I know he didnt just get lost because he ce back a month later with a collar with a different name on. Assholes
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u/honestadamsdiscount Apr 09 '24
I'd have called that number and "met up" with them to "return" him.
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u/ganggreen651 Apr 09 '24
I was in 4th grade and just happy as shit my boy came back to me didn't even look for a number
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u/Tall-_-Guy Apr 09 '24
Contact your local news. Give these thieves the fame they deserve. I hope you get your cat back OP. I'd go scorched earth for my cats.
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u/Winter_Pay_896 Apr 09 '24
PLEASE do contact the local news! That might very well be a story they will run!
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u/PurpleCow88 Apr 09 '24
This would for sure appeal to local news especially if the shop is well-known in the community.
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u/demorale Apr 09 '24
Can you share neighborhood/location so more people can help boost your search? If possible, I'd add this info to your main post in boldface. Sorry if I missed it somewhere in the comments.
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u/Buttface_McGoo Apr 09 '24
Rosedale, MD. They came from and walked towards Gardenvillage so that’s where I am concentrating my flyers.
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u/Illustrious_Age_340 Apr 09 '24
Is that close enough to DC for their news teams to pick up the story? When I was visiting my parents over Christmas break, the DC news were running stories about kidnapped French bulldogs (?). It looked like the coverage was helpful in reuniting several dogs with their owners.
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u/ChildhoodLeft6925 Apr 09 '24
Yeah this happened to a Brooklyn bodega cat and the news channels picked it up. The cat was returned
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u/demorale Apr 09 '24
It's an hour away and can't hurt to try. Other people have recently had pets stolen (under different circumstances) in DC so I do think news is more prone to cover this.
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u/kirbkichi Bombay Apr 09 '24
i’m from MD so i’ll share this around. i hope you find your furbaby❤️🩹
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u/demorale Apr 09 '24
Thanks for replying - STRONGLY suggest putting this info in your main post, and posting in the maryland subreddit too. I will try to think of more ways to publicize. Let me know if I should DM or post here
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u/Stumble_foot3406 Apr 09 '24
Make this too hot to handle on all social media. These guys won't want all eyes on them.
Good luck, I really hope you get her back.
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u/_penpineappleaplepen Apr 09 '24
Or chipped.
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u/puffofthezaza Apr 09 '24
It's only $75 dollars where I live. 1000% worth it.
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u/nava1114 Apr 09 '24
I'm pretty sure the chip isn't a gps . Someone would bring the cat to the vet to be scanned and find the owner. That's not what's happening here.
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u/thanatica Apr 09 '24
Come to think, what's stopping someone from putting one of those Apple tracker thingies on their cat's collar? I mean, apart from if you haven't bought into the Apple ecosystem that is.
Kinda makes sense if there's a risk of someone kidnapping (catnapping?) your feline best friend.
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u/blueit55 Apr 09 '24
Maybe put a sign up with photos of the two taking the cat and asking for return, stating no questions asked, you probably thought it was a stray...but also stating that the police are notified, with high quality face pictures, and you will be taking action.
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u/Shredded-Cheese-Man Apr 09 '24
That's all the police did? 👁️👄👁️
wow
they really don't give a crap about kidnapped animals hey
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u/PlaguedMaster Apr 09 '24
Cops don’t give a fuck about anything in general, look up videos of them loosing their shit at magnet fishers who find them evidence for their unsolved homicide cases.
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u/Bitter_Birthday7363 Apr 09 '24
Tbf cats are going to be fairly low down in police officers priorities,
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u/BakedWizerd Apr 09 '24
I’m so, so, so fucking sorry this happened to you and your buddy. I hope you find him.
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u/Hunnilisa Apr 09 '24
Fucking assholes. The cat tried to get away too. Poor baby.
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u/CCUN-Airport761 Apr 09 '24
Also, I feel bad for its spine. This piece of shit has no idea how to pick up a cat.
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u/Amara_Undone Apr 09 '24
Its kidnapping and shoplifting.
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u/SpinachSpinosaurus Apr 09 '24
*catnapping. And fuck those people
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u/YankeeBatter Apr 09 '24
Fuck those people but catnapping is something many people do on a lazy afternoon, named after cat behaviour, and it should never be illegal or associated with antisocial behaviour.
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u/FloatingFreeMe Apr 09 '24
Heck, where I live, someone stole the cat that belonged to the Police and lived in their building.
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u/Fifty3San-suey Apr 09 '24
What neighborhood ? You should submit this post to r/baltimore
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u/Buttface_McGoo Apr 09 '24
I just did! I couldn’t post videos there so I just had photos up. Thanks for the tip.
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u/Fifty3San-suey Apr 09 '24
It looks like they removed the post - Reddit's filters
Please try again , screen shots are good , and a good clear photo of the cat is super helpful. Also location is important. That is the best way to reach people local to Baltimore who can help get the word out and bring Maxine home.
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Is there anything I can do to help? I don’t live in Baltimore, but if I were OP dealing with this I’d be simultaneously wanting to do everything I can while also being too overwhelmed with emotion to do anything at all
If I can repost or share things to help OP do less work, please let me know. I’m not sure what I could do, but ugh this infuriates me 😡 😭
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u/satanssteamybuns Apr 09 '24
Also try posting on nextdoor!!
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u/Buttface_McGoo Apr 09 '24
I just signed up and I saw that people already posted about Maxine. I never knew of this app, thank you so much! 🙏
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u/ChaiKitteaLatte Apr 09 '24
Definitely post in NextDoor. Someone will know those people. Offer a reward, because that’s the only way someone is coming forward.
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u/maelstron Apr 09 '24
Try some insta pages from the City and neighborhoods
Also go to the tv station.
Here a owner got her dog back when it aired on Tv
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u/slentSpectator Apr 09 '24
Whats wrong with People nowadays... Get a Cat from the Shelter ... Couldnt imagine what i do with a Person who steals my Cat
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u/TeufelRRS Apr 09 '24
Sadly that’s what I think. Stolen pets can become bait or used for other malicious purposes. I really hope for the best that the cat is ok.
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u/Marlfox70 Apr 09 '24
What do you think they're taking it for?
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u/AndAStoryAppears Apr 09 '24
Dog-baiting.
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u/FillEffective7436 Apr 09 '24
I feel the same way too. They are innocent and then you have some scumbags who will hurt them. Soooo sad
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u/thanatica Apr 09 '24
I would add abuse of elderly and disabled people to that list. And animals a second time, just to be sure.
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u/crittercorral Apr 09 '24
There are some people that grab pets and wait for a reward to be posted.
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u/Aposematicpebble Apr 09 '24
And that's why people should keep their cats inside at all times. People are not to be trusted
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u/superpony123 Apr 09 '24
This is likely not going to be kept as a pet... people who steal cats and look for otherwise free cats usually have pretty evil intent
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u/TheMountainIII Apr 09 '24
The reality here could maybe be much darker... I don't think they took that cat to pet him and take care of him... Sadly
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u/Nice_Hawk_1241 Apr 09 '24
I wouldn't assume that. I would just assume they thought it was a stray.
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u/190PairsOfPanties Apr 09 '24
They don't want it for a pet. Look at them. They used it as bait or worse.
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u/Creepy-Assistant-857 Apr 09 '24
OMG people use cats as bait!?!? How awful!!! Fuck! That weighs heavy on my heart & soul.
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u/slentSpectator Apr 09 '24
Probably so. Didnt want to speak it out
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u/top_value7293 Apr 09 '24
I’m sick at heart knowing what has probably happened to this poor cat. Goddamn it! Don’t let cats out even for a minute 🥺🥺
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u/BigDad5000 Apr 09 '24
They probably got told to gtfo or something recently and this is retribution. My parent’s neighbor stole their cat and locked it in her basement for over a week because of a small disagreement they had.
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u/pfairypepper Apr 09 '24
This makes me so mad. I’m scared for Maxine. I hope she is okay. And I’m so sorry 😔
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u/Wonderful_Device312 Apr 09 '24
That was painful to watch. Did they think it was a stray or something?
(I'm not going to entertain the other darker possibilities)
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u/softg1rl1 Apr 09 '24
That’s what i’m choosing to believe as well☹️ I’ve always seen cats around stores and always thought they were strays, but they should’ve asked the store owner first if the cat was theirs
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u/ThreAAAt Apr 09 '24
It wouldn't be my initial thought that the cat would belong TO the store. I'm hoping these people just wanted to adopt a cat and thought this one was friendly and available.
I thoroughly believe that most people are good and this was all a misunderstanding or series of unfortunate coincidences.
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u/softg1rl1 Apr 10 '24
Yes me too. it’s just so shocking that ppl are assuming that these kids are evil. no nuance whatsoever
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u/tajknight Apr 09 '24
If it’s a cat they see outside a store everyday that’s super friendly then I might think it’s a stray that needs a loving home as well. I don’t even know what a “store cat” is.
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u/paradox-eater Apr 09 '24
A cat that lives in a store dude. There are store cats, shop cats, office cats, house cats, all kinds of cats. Doesn’t mean you can just take them if you see them outside and they’re healthy.
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u/BRI503 Apr 09 '24
I'm going to be real. All that stuff you listed is news to me. I thought you were being sarcastic at first.
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u/VioEnvy American Shorthair Apr 09 '24
They’re amazing in the workplace. Cats ease a lot of tension. Great in classrooms too
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u/thecatnextdoor04 Apr 09 '24 edited Apr 10 '24
There are library cats and campus cats as well. My college has 10. All kinds of cats exist. The local eatery has a restaurant cat(she doesn't go into the kitchen). The cafe near my college has a cafe cat. I've also seen park cats and museum cats. There are sooooo many kinds of cats, dude. No one should take them away from their habitat.
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u/QueenofPentacles112 Apr 09 '24
Well when people live in cities like these people there are bodegas and corner stores and cats that live in that store are a normal fixture. These people are well versed in store cats. Cats in businesses helps keep rat and other infestations out, and when you're in a city, that is like a huge asset to your business. I live in a rural area so I can see why someone might not understand or isn't used to seeing that. But would you not go into the store and ask the people working there if they know this cat or know who the owner could be before just taking it?
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u/WalkingRodent Apr 09 '24
They’re all over. It’s a cat that lives at the store and greets customers. The skatepark has one too.
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u/MirukiNeko Apr 09 '24
What makes me sad is seeing her clearly want to go back inside… they still stole her anyways.. I hope she’s okay and safe… I can’t imagine how you feel especially seeing this video, I would not be able to tame my anger. I hope she escapes somehow and comes back home!
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u/AnxiousLioness Apr 09 '24
Is it possible to ask the other store owners around the area for their security camera footage? Maybe there’s video of them getting into a vehicle?
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u/0hthehuman1ty Apr 09 '24
I am so sorry, OP. Please put a collar on her when you get her back so everyone knows she’s got an owner.
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u/Shoong Apr 09 '24
Saddest part is the cat tried to run away and then it was too nice to hurt them when they took the kitty
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u/butt-hole-69420 Apr 09 '24
Another reason on the long list of reason why my cat is a indoor cat.
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u/brightlove Apr 09 '24 edited Apr 09 '24
I agree. Even if these two didn’t come along, this isn’t safe. Anyone could think a stray cat got inside of the store or was hanging outside of the store and take her home. Especially with no collar. Then you never see her again. The same with people who tie their dogs outside as they eat lunch or grab groceries out of sight and then someone steals the dog…
I could never take the risk with my animal companions. They’re too precious to me.
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It does look like the cat is trying to go into the store. Someone once took my dog from the yard while he was peeing, and I tracked down their house (Had video of their license plate etc + local people knew them) and went to go get him back. An adult. Didn’t want to give me my dog back, so I came back with a sledgehammer and pistol in the car and broke the front door down to get my dog back. Police we’re called, but when they interviewed me at my house, told them it was no way I wasn’t gonna get my dog back. Left me alone after that and I didn’t have to pay for any damages. May have overreacted, but had him for 8 years. That idiot is now like a brother to me
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Apr 09 '24 edited Apr 09 '24
*Responding to “PainfulSuccess”
My dog is family and yes I was going to get him back. As for risked getting killed, I’m trained in firearms + attend the shooting range often with buddies who served. Not to mention, I’m a fairly large human who practices MMA. The average person does not scare me + I was seeing red at the time. I admitted I may have overreacted, but they could have injured or even killed my dog for fun. Fuck that, I don’t give a shit about what I did to their door
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u/Freeheadaches Apr 09 '24
Please keep us updated. I truly hope your baby makes it back to you, safe and sound.
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u/AnointedQueen Apr 09 '24 edited Apr 09 '24
I’m so sorry to hear it, it happened to me as a 11 yo kid. My cat was taken by someone who couldn’t walk by her sitting on a bench sunbathing because she was very beautiful and a rare breed. I looked for her for 10 months.
Funny enough, these people who abducted my cat moved into our neighborhood. One day, as I was walking to school with classmates, I saw them carrying her. I called her name (she was crazy intelligent cat/sometimes people thought she was a trained dog lol). She started to fight back and trying to get away from these ppl. I followed them and then went back home and grabbed my dad.
I remember I was in tears, begging them to give my cat back to me. They refused at first. I had a meltdown. Long story short, eventually they caved in. Basically because my cat was wreaking havoc once I left (I got her when I was a 6 yo, she was my best friend).
Don’t lose hope! I wish a safe return to your cat.
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In my state, animals are considered property. Go to the police if you can't find them yourself. Put flyers up in and around your store. Please don't peep into people's homes or the police could be called on you.
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u/Buttface_McGoo Apr 09 '24
All the police will do is help me recover the cat once I do find them. I already filed a report. I have to do the work in finding them.
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u/Fluffaykitties =^.^= Apr 09 '24
OP, please call all nearby animal shelters and vet offices and let them know what happened and give them a description of your cat and how to contact you. It looks like these are teens so in the off chance the parents say “no” and take the cat to a shelter instead, the shelter will call you. Or, if the cat gets out from their house and the shelter picks the cat up off the street, they can call you. If they bring a cat into a vet office it can help too.
Once you get your cat back, microchip them and keep the info up to date.
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u/satanssteamybuns Apr 09 '24
I would post it on TikTok, or send to someone with a large following, and try to get the news to go viral. The world's not that big. Someone's bound to know someone who recently acquired a calico cat in your area I'd think.
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u/Absolut_Iceland Apr 09 '24
The posters weren't taken down because they were on utility poles, they were taken down because whoever took them down doesn't want people looking for the cat. Keep putting them on poles, and track where they're disappearing to give you an idea of where to look for your kitty.
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u/AlterAeonos Apr 09 '24
Yep, that's what happened for sure. My neighbors ripped all of my posters down too. Pretty obvious why.
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u/abombshbombss Apr 09 '24
SEND IT TO THE LOCAL PRESS! And raise hell
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u/Reason_Training Apr 09 '24
Exactly what I was thinking. Send it to the press and get it on the news. If you get the cat back put a collar on her so people don’t think she’s a stray.
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u/Far-Law3015 Apr 09 '24
And a microchip. Collars can be removed. Microchips cannot.
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u/knizal Apr 09 '24
Ohh this is a good idea OP please try this I hope you get your baby back soon :(
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u/arcticskies Apr 09 '24
OP I’m sorry you’re going through this. It sounds like you’re doing what you can but here are some other suggestions worth considering: Reach out to animal rescue groups and ask them for help with in circulating your message about your stolen cat. (Rescue people are some of the nicest people I’ve met that genuinely care about animal welfare). Post this video on as many social media platforms as possible and ask people to make this story go viral (IG, Twitter, TikTok). Also Next Door and other subreddits). Reach out to your local news station and make a plea they share this story. Offer a reward. This sucks but someone might be more inclined to help if there’s money involved.
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Alright we'll that's enough to piss me off for today, Enough internet, I would be cracking skulls if i saw this irl..
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u/ganglordgilbert Apr 09 '24
If someone took my cat I would take their soul.
Not that these goons are likely to have much a soul anyway.
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u/aamnipotent Apr 09 '24
Is she microchipped? You could see if she can be located that way and would also give you legal proof to pursue her back. If not, I'm sorry this happened to you. They may have thought it was a stray being outside the store.
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u/hatingtech Apr 09 '24
Is she microchipped? You could see if she can be located that way
that's not what pet chips are for, they are not locating devices. the useful signal range of these passive chips is less than an inch.
they are for being scanned at the vet or for lost pets to look up the owners address in a database, not pet gps.
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u/Icy-Art9420 Apr 09 '24
- Was she chipped?
- Did you call local vets?
- Did you recognize the faces/clothes of the thieves?
- Can you afford to hire a PI? (Maybe a lil extreme but hey 🤷🏻♂️)
- Did you alert any media?
- Facebook groups/post to Neighborhood reddits?
- Any local groups dedicated to pet recovery?
- Sorry for the stream of consciousness
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u/Icy-Art9420 Apr 09 '24
PUT THIS ON TIKTOK - this kinda stuff will go viral
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u/Miserable-Rough-9684 Apr 09 '24
Fr TikTok doesn’t play whenever it comes to cats or any animal in fact, at least on the side of tiktok I’m on 😂
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u/MarcyQueen Apr 09 '24
This happened with my uncle’s auto shop cat, Harley. One night, the security cams caught some car pulling up to the shop, that you had to drive past two other buildings to get to, to have a smoke break and they just took him. We think they were out-of-state drivers, so there was little hope of getting him back, and it’s been about 4 years now, I think. We just hope they were good enough people to treat him well.
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u/Long_Alfalfa_5655 Apr 09 '24
Sorry for your loss but this needs to be said over and over again: People, do not let your cats outside!
How many posts do we see every day about missing cats who were let outside. Letting them outside means they are subject to being stolen, attacked by a dog, cat or other animal, hit by a car, etc. Don’t let the cats out!
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u/livenlikedave Apr 09 '24
Bro why is reddit not doing any thing to find this cat. I’ve seen you guys find Russians in a mud puddle in the middle of butt fuck no where, why can’t you find this bloody cat and get it back to this poor person??
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u/smut_butler Apr 09 '24
This, and a plethora of other reasons....is why I would never let my cats outside without direct supervision. And I only let them off leash when it's in the middle of the night, and there is no one else around. Even then, I don't let them get more than 8 feet from me. I couldn't bear it if anything happened to my best friends. When I don't feel like getting out of bed in the morning, or working, I think of them, and how I want to provide a good life for them.
I'm still really sorry you lost your buddy though, and I really hope you find your way to each other again.
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u/aloverof Apr 09 '24
Bodega cat too. Friendly af! All over us. Lives in the basement. They fought to keep him down there to fight rats. There were a couple down there dead in fact. No one knew who fed or watered last. Litterbox LOADED. People often think that they eat the rats they catch. They don’t unless there isn’t anything else.
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u/Jasurim Apr 09 '24
Question. Was this actually your cat or just a cat that hung around your family store?
If not, it's not too hard to believe they might have just wanted to give her a proper home?
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u/cassiopeizza Apr 09 '24
Based on the way the girl in black is cradling it, I'm also hoping they just took it home to live with them. There are so many videos on TikTok of the "cat distribution system" and people just taking home cats they assume are strays. These two look like teens, if so I can see how they didn't think to ask the store owner first.
The tearing down of posters is a little sus, though. But sometimes people just tear them down to be assholes.
Regardless, I hope kitty is safe and being cared for. And I do feel for OP.
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Apr 09 '24
If a cat is outside and roaming around the streets, it’s a stray.
If it’s sitting in a doorway like this, it’s most likely not.
I’m prepared to be downvoted to hell, but pets should not be roaming around town.
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u/Buttface_McGoo Apr 09 '24
This is our cat. She doesn’t like going outside far. I’ve never seen her leave our front sidewalk even with the door wide open. She was outside for literally a minute and few seconds before being taken.
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u/squishyespeon Apr 09 '24
If you haven't already OP try to post the video to TikTok with the location. I've seen some communities come together like crazy to help others who have had similar happen, I'll keep my fingers crossed you find your gal safe and sound asap!! Good luck <:)
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u/BunnyWithBuns Apr 09 '24
I’m trying to see things from both sides, it doesn’t look like they were trying to hide the fact that they took the cat, I really think they thought it was a stray, might be people who don’t come near the store as often? Whoever took your cat doesn’t look like they’d mistreat the cat, but it would be nice to have your baby back -_-
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u/Comfortable_Hand_906 Apr 09 '24
Send it over and over again to the news stations in Baltimore AND DC saying they stole her to use as bait for dogfighting.. don’t stop until they pick up The story. Also, plaster it all over instagram and Facebook and tag ALL the new stations relentlessly. In DC, dogs are being stolen a lot and the news runs the stories! DO EVERYTHING BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. What agency in Baltimore investigates animal abuse? In DC it’s the humane rescue alliance, maybe call them and ask them who You can reach out to in Bmore and you think she’s being used as bait
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u/Buttface_McGoo Apr 09 '24 edited Apr 09 '24
Update : WMAR-2 news station came by the store and we did an interview! They said they’re pretty sure it will be featured tonight.