Stolen hedgehog back safe and sound in Whitehorse pet store
CBC
It was an unusual theft that gripped Whitehorse for four days last week.
Near the end of the workday on Tuesday, a young African Pygmy hedgehog was brazenly stolen from Duffy's Pets while staff were in the back cleaning up and getting everything ready for when the store would reopen on Thursday.
At one point, store employee Camille Saunders heard a beep from the store's front door sensor, indicating someone had come in.
Everyone was busy in the back, said Saunders.
"About 30, 40 seconds, she was in and out," said Saunders about the woman who had walked in.
Saunders said the woman put the hedgehog in her purse, walked out, and by the time Saunders was able to get to the store's floor from the back, the woman was on her way out.
"The best part [is] ... we still require masks in the store but she was not wearing a mask so I could see her entire face."