Nora the cat is back with her family.
The tabby cat was stolen from outside her West Yorkshire, UK, home on Jan. 18 by an Amazon delivery driver. Nora’s human, Carl Crowther, checked footage from his security cameras and had a clear view of the driver dropping off a package and scooping up the cat before walking off the property with her.
The incident was widely covered in UK media and while the suspect’s face was censored in news reports, an uncensored version was widely shared on social media by animal welfare groups and regular people who helped put pressure on the driver. Nora’s family worried that the kitty could experience health problems without the medication they give her regularly for a heart murmur.
In an update post, Crowther said Nora had been returned “safe and well.” It’s not clear if the Amazon employee returned the cat or if police were involved in the recovery. Crowther, citing an ongoing police investigation, said he can’t offer more details at the moment.
“Obviously we are over the moon with this outcome,” he wrote on Facebook.
Unfortunately the theft of pets by delivery drivers has been a recurring story in the news, and there are reports of Amazon drivers making off with cats and dogs going back at least a decade. While there is no official count or centralized list, it’s happened often enough to generate outrage from customers and news coverage from local and national media, which is often key to helping the victims get their pets back.
Pain In The Bud 
Great news. Question is will they now keep her inside?And was driver fired?
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We’ll have to wait for the cops to decide if they’re gonna charge the guy before getting more information.
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Best news I’ve had in a while. Thank you. Another reason not to use Amazon, too.
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They’re getting into tele-health and prescriptions now. I’ve been seeing commercials for those services. Between all the retail categories they’ve destroyed and the ones they’re trying to conquer now, there won’t be anything left.
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That is good news! Thanks for letting us know!
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Indeed, a happy ending for Nora and her family.
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Yay! It figures that the cat was returned in the UK where the police took the theft seriously and the country is cat-crazy. (In a good way.)
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Under the Pet Abduction Act of 2024, a conviction could lead to a 5-year prison sentence. We need something like this here in ‘Merica:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/24/pet-thieves-could-be-jailed-for-up-to-five-years-under-new-uk-law
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Animals are part of the family
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Good to know that this story has a happy ending. Hopefully Nora and her family will be able to put this horrible episode behind them.
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