Concerned residents in Punta Prima have contacted their favourite weekly paper to warn people that pet cats are being loaded into a car and taken away.
The cat-napping happened over a period of several weeks and is believed that the cats have all been bundled into the same vehicle – a grey saloon style car containing two female occupants and piled high with cat boxes.
One concerned local said: “We have no idea why these two ladies are stealing our pet cats. We wondered if they might have mistakenly thought they were feral cats, but they have collars and all were well looked after.
I saw one of the women grab my cat and went to stop her taking it. I called out to her and she ignored me, shoved my cat in the car and quickly got in herself. I approached the car and explained that the cat they had just picked up was mine, but the driver pressed the window button trapping my arm, then released it before speeding away.”
The details of the car and its registration number have been passed on to the Policia Local.
However, some people have had more than one cat taken and they are concerned that the women could be moving around different areas and want to warn cat-lovers everywhere to be on their guard.