Franklin the cat lives in the town of Lynn, Massachusetts but isn't actually anyone's pet. People of the town of Lynn treat him as if he is their city cat. He visits the Pet Express on Commercial street a few times a day for canned food in between his strolls around the neighborhood.
Friday night he didn't stop by Pet Express for food, which according to store owner Rob Mellace isn't very surprising. But, when Franklin still didn't show up the next day they got nervous. Some of the store workers checked the security cameras only to find footage showing the five-year-old cat being taken.
"We went to the cameras and we saw clear as day, two guys come into the store, hang around for a bit, pick him up, and put him in their car," Mellace told the Boston Globe.Lynn police found the man who owned the car that Franklin was put in, whose name has not been released. He told police that he was the one who took Franklin, but let him go after being scratched by the cat who already had trust issues with people.
"We just want him back at this point," Mellace said to the Boston Globe. "This is his home, and he picked it. He rescued himself by coming to us."
Mellace worries that this catnapping will set Franklin back in trusting people since he was only just getting used to it before he was taken.
The man who took Franklin is working to find him in order to avoid criminal charges.
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