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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

UPDATED: Bat-wielding man steals own cat from Dallas shelter

Updated 09:01 a.m., November 19, 2008

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To be fair, the cat did bear a striking resemblance to this Hello Kitty figurine.

To be fair, the cat did bear a striking resemblance to this Hello Kitty figurine.

A man who was upset that he had to pay $132 to get his own cat back stormed into the Dallas Animal Shelter Monday morning and took the cat while holding off employees with a bat. The cat had been brought to the shelter by someone who thought it was a stray.

Of course, he wasn't exactly the most covert cat thief, as he signed the shelter's guestbook before stealing his cat. Methinks the man is in police custody right ... about .... now.

UPDATE: So, according to the article accompanying the video Teresa referenced, the man's name is Roger Booth, he has cancer, and he's already turned himself into the police, who declined to arrest him, though Booth will go before a judge later this week.

Posted by Alex B.


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Teresa Gubbins Staff

the WFAA video of this cat owner is priceless

11 months, 3 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Chris Kidd Verified

First, the neighbor who turned in the cat should've checked with the owner, which would've prevented this whole issue from the start.

Second, ya gotta love a crazy person with a bat, they make great news in these down economic times. Maybe he should go after the neighbor with the bat ;)

11 months, 3 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Pavel Lishin Verified

So what, people just pick up random cats off the street and take them to shelters?

Also, I applaud (potentially) terminally ill people going vigilante.

11 months, 3 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

jtmbls Anonymous

Awww - My hero!

I wonder if they would drop the charges if someone paid the shelter his fee?

11 months, 3 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Chris Kidd Verified

Pavel, theres crazy people everywhere, usually they're of retirement age(70+) and have nothing better to do ;)

11 months, 3 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Jason Rice Verified

Pavel, there's also the interesting contrapositive that people going vigilante can in some cases become terminal.

Does that still get kudos or is it really order dependent?

11 months, 3 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Travis Bush Verified

Well, at least Jason got his cat back...

11 months, 3 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

alexander troup Verified

Catagious and lucky Cat...A.T, Catman.

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