Shocking video shows woman stealing cat from the front porch of owner who begs for her safe return, saying she needs special care for her feline leukemia
- An unknown woman was caught snatching a cat from its owner’s porch and running off with the animal last week in Cleveland
- Owner Stephanie Valderin is begging for the cat to be returned safely, saying she is concerned because the animal has feline leukemia
- Valderin also said she filed a police report, but authorities in Cleveland told DailyMail.com that is not the case
A woman was caught on camera as she lured a cat from its owner’s porch in Cleveland and then ran off with the animal.
That video is now circulating as the cat’s owner makes a desperate plea to the thief that the animal be returned, claiming that the feline’s life is at risk.
‘She has feline leukemia, and her just being out here and being so stressed out over this,’ Stephanie Valderin said in an interview with WGN 9 on Friday.
‘She needs to be home as soon as possible.’
Valederin also claimed to have filed a police report in the case, but the Cleveland Public Records Center informed DailyMail.com that there was no report of a cat being stolen last week on the street where Valerdin lives with her family.
On the run: A woman was caught on camera as she lured a cat from its owner’s porch in Cleveland and then ran off with the animal (above)
Come home: Owner Stephanie Valderin (above) is begging for the cat to be returned safely, saying she is concerned because the animal has feline leukemia
Dispute: Valderin also said she filed a police report, but authorities in Cleveland told DailyMail.com that is not the case (Storm above)
It is also unclear how far the cat could have gone with the woman, who was dressed in pajamas and had her hair wrapped in a scarf.
She was also either barefoot or wearing very thin flip flops when she approached the cat with some food and scooped it up with her arms.
The woman then reportedly drove off in a van, though it is unclear how that was determined as it is not seen in the video.
Valderin claims she just wants the cat back, and concedes that maybe the thief believed that the purebreed Russian Storm was a stray cat.
‘I’m hoping somebody, she sees it, or somebody who knows her sees and says, “Hey, they’re really missing their cat, and they’re really sick over that,”‘ said Valderin.
‘And I’m just sick wondering what Storm’s going through.’
Storm is a purebreed Russian Blue and has been with the family for six years according to Valderin.
She was not wearing a collar or any form of identification when she was taken from the home.
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