That was the cat-alyst for the pet parent’s unconventional return policy, which after being in place for only around a month, has helped facilitate the return of 10 pairs of gloves, several masks and a running belt with their original owners “At the end of the week, I had 14 pairs, and I thought that if I didn’t do something about it I’d be swamped by the end of the summer.” Esme reportedly stole gloves to help her owner with gardening. “One week in late April, she brought two pairs per day,” Felmet said. The proud owner even recounted one time when Esme brought her tape and paint roller covers while she was painting her daughter’s bedroom.Įsme’s pastime took an unfortunate turn this past April, however, when the opportunistic pet started stealing pairs of gloves in a bid to help her owner with gardening. “It does seem like she has some sort of uncanny ability to bring on stuff that has to do with what we’re doing at the time,” said Felmet of her discerning hoarder. Esme reportedly amassed as many as 11 face covers in one day at the height of her PPE pilfering run. Then, at the start of the pandemic, the cat klepto started curating her collections by retrieving discarded masks like a furry Bowerbird. Jam Press/Kate FelmetĮsme’s scavenging spree began in the summer of 2019, when she began bringing birds and pieces of trash back to the house as gifts. She had previously returned the items during door-to-door “apology rounds,” Insider reported.įelmet, an ICU doctor, dreamt up the unusual method of giving re-purr-ations after noticing that the furry scavenger had been pilfering her neighbors’ stuff over the past few years. Dangling from a clothesline next to it are gloves and other pilfered belongings, which Felmet encourages the rightful owners to take back. “The neighbors in my community know where to look for their stuff,” Beaverton’s Kate Felmet, 50, told Today of the marker, which reads “my cat is a thief” alongside a picture of Esme clutching a glove in her mouth.
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