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Police hunting 'wild' cat missing from car
It's not a cheetah but owner believes it could still be danger
John Colebourn
The Province
Melody Yambao knew it was going to be a strange day when a customer walked in to the doughnut shop where she works and bought a sausage roll for an animal she thought might be a cheetah.
"We have really good sausage rolls here," Yambao said yesterday at the Robin's Donut Shop at 80th and King George. "There were two young men and they ordered a sausage roll and some water for the cat.
"We were trying to figure out if it was a cheetah or a leopard," she said. "That's why we noticed the cat. It was so big."
The case of the mistaken cheetah began when Maya Kendi of Kelowna reported to police Tuesday afternoon that her pet serval cat, Loki, was missing from a car she'd been living in that was parked in the 7200-block King George Highway.
The case got stranger when police learned yesterday that shortly after the serval was stolen, a Surrey bylaw officer unwittingly helped load the animal into a van for one of the thieves, mistakenly believing the man was the cat's owner.
"He knew the name of it and answered some questions and then she helped him get it into the van," said Surrey bylaw manager John Sherstone.
He said the officer confronted the man when she spotted him leading the animal down a street on a leash.
"Her concern was to get it off the street. Three hours later it was reported stolen," Sherstone said.
When police issued a public appeal about the cat Tuesday night, the big concern was that it could become vicious if it got hungry and "pose a threat to children," said Surrey RCMP spokesman Const Tim Shields.
Taking no chances, the Surrey School Board issued a warning to schools near where the cat went missing.
"To err on the side of caution we had the principals keep the children inside," said the school board's Muriel Wilson.
"We asked the principals to tell the students to walk in pairs and don't take shortcuts through the woods."
Wilson said supervisors will be on patrol again today around schools to ensure they are safe.
Shields said police believe the cat is being held by the two men seen at the doughnut shop. They are examining a videotape from the shop.
"We hope they will do the right thing, tie it to a pole and call police," he said.
Shields said anyone who saw the animal should leave it alone and call police.
Kendi told police the cheetah-like animal is tame but since it is on a special diet, the risk to the public will increase as he gets hungry.
"He's fine with me but it is a wild animal, you have to realize he will attack a child," she told BCTV News on Global yesterday. "He will go for a child, he's a wild animal."
Serval cats, which weigh between 14 and 20 kilograms, are in demand as exotic pets, said Peter Fricker of the Vancouver Humane Society.
Because the species is not endangered, there is no federal law banning importation or ownership of the exotic animal. Loki has been spotted on a leash over the past week around Surrey.
At Delanies Pub on King George, kitchen manager Guy Hanson said the owner brought the animal to their car show on Saturday. Also yesterday, Surrey RCMP announced that the car Kendi was living in with Loki was stolen and that she could face theft charges.
Kendi explained: "Everything's been stolen in Kelowna so I came down here just to get away and now my cat's been stolen so I'm a little irate."
Kelowna SPCA may be glad to have Loki off their backs. The cat was reported to them after it allegedly attacked and ate several domestic pets.
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This really takes a special kind of stupid....
Only in Surrey? Pity.
Stew
Police hunting 'wild' cat missing from car
It's not a cheetah but owner believes it could still be danger
John Colebourn
The Province
Melody Yambao knew it was going to be a strange day when a customer walked in to the doughnut shop where she works and bought a sausage roll for an animal she thought might be a cheetah.
"We have really good sausage rolls here," Yambao said yesterday at the Robin's Donut Shop at 80th and King George. "There were two young men and they ordered a sausage roll and some water for the cat.
"We were trying to figure out if it was a cheetah or a leopard," she said. "That's why we noticed the cat. It was so big."
The case of the mistaken cheetah began when Maya Kendi of Kelowna reported to police Tuesday afternoon that her pet serval cat, Loki, was missing from a car she'd been living in that was parked in the 7200-block King George Highway.
The case got stranger when police learned yesterday that shortly after the serval was stolen, a Surrey bylaw officer unwittingly helped load the animal into a van for one of the thieves, mistakenly believing the man was the cat's owner.
"He knew the name of it and answered some questions and then she helped him get it into the van," said Surrey bylaw manager John Sherstone.
He said the officer confronted the man when she spotted him leading the animal down a street on a leash.
"Her concern was to get it off the street. Three hours later it was reported stolen," Sherstone said.
When police issued a public appeal about the cat Tuesday night, the big concern was that it could become vicious if it got hungry and "pose a threat to children," said Surrey RCMP spokesman Const Tim Shields.
Taking no chances, the Surrey School Board issued a warning to schools near where the cat went missing.
"To err on the side of caution we had the principals keep the children inside," said the school board's Muriel Wilson.
"We asked the principals to tell the students to walk in pairs and don't take shortcuts through the woods."
Wilson said supervisors will be on patrol again today around schools to ensure they are safe.
Shields said police believe the cat is being held by the two men seen at the doughnut shop. They are examining a videotape from the shop.
"We hope they will do the right thing, tie it to a pole and call police," he said.
Shields said anyone who saw the animal should leave it alone and call police.
Kendi told police the cheetah-like animal is tame but since it is on a special diet, the risk to the public will increase as he gets hungry.
"He's fine with me but it is a wild animal, you have to realize he will attack a child," she told BCTV News on Global yesterday. "He will go for a child, he's a wild animal."
Serval cats, which weigh between 14 and 20 kilograms, are in demand as exotic pets, said Peter Fricker of the Vancouver Humane Society.
Because the species is not endangered, there is no federal law banning importation or ownership of the exotic animal. Loki has been spotted on a leash over the past week around Surrey.
At Delanies Pub on King George, kitchen manager Guy Hanson said the owner brought the animal to their car show on Saturday. Also yesterday, Surrey RCMP announced that the car Kendi was living in with Loki was stolen and that she could face theft charges.
Kendi explained: "Everything's been stolen in Kelowna so I came down here just to get away and now my cat's been stolen so I'm a little irate."
Kelowna SPCA may be glad to have Loki off their backs. The cat was reported to them after it allegedly attacked and ate several domestic pets.
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This really takes a special kind of stupid....
Only in Surrey? Pity.
Stew
