Long Island nanny says she swiped family's cat to 'save' it from euthanasia

[jpak]

https://nypost.com/2019/07/30/long-island-nanny-says-she-swiped-familys-cat-to-save-it-from-euthanasia/

It was pet-it larceny.

A Long Island nanny says she stole her bosses’ cat to keep it from being put down — turning her back on her job before turning herself into police.

“I am willing to go to jail and sleep with cockroaches over this, because this animal has a right to life,” nanny-turned-cat burglar Rebecca Katz told The Post.

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Yet Julie Berman “threatened to give him the needle every other day,’’ Katz claimed. “For a few years, I’ve been crying because I didn’t know that the cat would be there the next day.”

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[jberryhill]

1. Nanny Katz Nabs Cat!

Remember when headlines had zing?

[ProudLib72]

2. Krazy Katz Konfiscates Kitteh!

That enough zing for ya?

[jberryhill]

3. Purrr-fection

[LisaL]

5. OMG. These people went to the cops over a cat they apparently were going to put down to begin with?

And in what Universe is this cat (15 year old) valued at $500?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Cats are priceless. I'd pay $500 or more for my 15-year-old cat.

[LisaL]

7. Priceless to their owners. But these people were reportedly going to euthanize it.

Nobody else would pay $500 for it, I presume.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Maybe they were never going to euthanize him but were

fucking with the nanny just to be mean.

[LisaL]

10. No, the owner admits she was going to have the cat put down.

"Julie Berman told authorities she had planned to put down the family's feline of 15 years "due to many medical issues and our pet living in pain over the recent months," according to court documents. But the Bermans still want Tigger back."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-nanny-says-she-stole-family-s-cat-because-n1038196?cid=referral_taboolafeed

[zanana1]

9. Good for her! nt