LAFAYETTE (KRON) — Two kittens were abducted from Community Concern for Cats at Pet Food Express by two teenage girls on Sunday but were returned by the girls to the store on Tuesday morning.
The two kittens, both 11-weeks-old, were abducted from 3610 Mt. Diablo Blvd. at 3:20 p.m.
Two teenage girls, approximately 16 to 18-years-old, grabbed the two kittens inside the store while the volunteers were distracted.
The girls ran to the rear exit of the store and to their vehicle. There did not appear to be anyone else in the parked car, according to Volunteers at Community for Cats. The vehicle is described as a silver Volvo, late model 4-door, with a license plate having a white background with blue and red text.
One of the girls, described as Caucasian with dark mid back length hair, wearing a white culotte outfit with black pattern sandals, standing approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall, slipped and fell outside Panda Extpress on Mt. Diablo Blvd. but was able to hold on to the kitten.
The other girl, described as Caucasian with light colored shoulder length hair, wearing a light colored top and shorts, standing approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall.
One of the kittens, black and weighing between 2.5 and 3 pounds, is named Allen Ginsberg.
The second kitten, orange and weighing between 2.5 and 3 pounds, is named Walt Whitman.
The litter of 7 was named after poets.
Both of the kittens have follow up medical exams and vaccines needed.
On Tuesday around 9:30 a.m., the two girls who made off with the kittens on Sunday returned the kittens to Pet Food Express.
The two girls came in wearing hats and sunglasses and left the kittens in a box on the front counter and then left the store.
The kittens are now heading back to their foster families.
Volunteers at Community Concern for Cats filed a report with police.
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