By IE Staff
First Published: 8:54 AM PDT, September 5, 2023
A pet cat, believed to be taken by an Amazon driver, is now again together with his household however sick.
“I’m happy he’s home, but I’m also worried,” says Chelsea Oakes of Aurora, Colorado. “He’s not the same. He doesn’t let us hold him. He will not let you pick him up. I was trying to give him his medicine and he was growling at me, which is not something he normally does very often. He sits there and he shakes and he shivers.”
Chelsea says in the future she realized she hadn’t seen her cat, an indoor/out of doors Siamese cat named Pyro, in a couple of days. So she checked her surveillance digicam to see “when the last time he was around.” That’s when she observed on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023 an Amazon driver squatting right down to pet Pyro. “I heard him say, ‘My friend lost a cat like this recently,’ she says of the sound she heard on her Ring camera. A few minutes later, video shows the Amazon driver picking up the cat, taking it into the truck and driving off.
Immediately, she contacted Amazon for some answers. First, Chelsea said they asked for the package tracking information.
“I’m so sorry for your family and for your kitty Pyro, I really hope Pyro is returned as soon as possible to your family. I’m currently collaborating with the local delivery station to ensure this is fully investigated and the appropriate actions taken. In the meantime, if you have any photo or video evidence of the incident you’d be willing to share, it would be invaluable to the delivery station’s management team during their investigation. If you’d take the time to respond to this email and attach the requested evidence, it would be appreciated,” learn an e-mail obtained by Chelsea’s mother, who’s the account holder.
“Thank you for taking the time to speak with me. If you would be interested in the $200 Amazon gift card for fliers to help find Pyro, you can reply to this e-mail to let us know. We are actively working on trying to get further information on Pyro’s whereabouts, and we will keep you updated as we get further information,” mentioned one other e-mail.
In the meantime, Chelsea requested different Amazon drivers who have been in her neighborhood to assist. She obtained in contact with somebody she was advised recognized as a supervisor. “[He] said that he had just spoke to the driver. He was aware of the situation. He said that he lived in the area and that his roommate lost a cat that looked just like it. He thought it was his roommate’s cat and realized later that night that it wasn’t, and that they brought him back to our house that night,” Chelsea recalled of the dialog.
Only the cat wasn’t again. Chelsea says Pyro abruptly reappeared on Sunday, Aug. 27 round 9 p.m. “We were sitting on the back porch making dinner. All of a sudden, I hear his meow.” she recollects. “I went on [my Ring] camera and there was headlights at the end of our street, but the car never came up the street and circled around. It was before [Pyro] appeared.”
Pyro, in keeping with Chelsea, was in poor situation.
“You could see every single vertebrae in his back. His sides were sunk in. You could see his ribs, you could see his hip bones. He was limping. His pupils were so big, you couldn’t even see the color of his eyes. The light in the house was actually hurting his eyes so he kept squinting. He ate probably two bowls of food,” she says of Pyro when returned.
A go to to the veterinarian cost her $91.56. She’s hoping Amazon will foot the invoice.
“I want them to take ownership of the entire situation. They know what their driver did. They have video of it. They told me that,” she says.
“And they should pay the vet invoice. Because my cat wouldn’t be like this and injured and sick if it was not for his or her driver.”
