Snapchat post leads to recovery of Olaf, the Redwood City cat-napped kitten

A 4-week-old kitten stolen from a rescue group is back with his mother and siblings after a lot of detective work and some unwise social media boasting by the suspected cat-napper. We can thank Snapchat for the happy reunion between tiny Olaf and his mother. Olaf, a Maine coon mix, shared a cage with his mother and three, furry siblings at Redwood City’s Whis-Purr Rescue until he suddenly disappeared on May 14. Not yet weaned, the tiny kitten was dependent on his mother for everything, so his disappearance was dire. The rescue quickly got the word out about the missing kitten and, thanks to donations, began offering a $2,000 no-questions-asked reward. Tips on the cat caper began pouring in, including one pointing to a Snapchat post by a teenage girl acknowledging the cat-napping, says Lucy Brock, one of the rescue organization’s directors. Brock says their focus was solely on returning the kitten to his mother, so the rescue did not involve police. Instead, they relied on the girl and her family to do the right thing and return Olaf. On May 23, rescue volunteers distributed fliers around the girl’s neighborhood about the kitten and the reward and began knocking on doors,…
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