Looks like there is a new way score some easy loot.  Tools needed: Cat, power outage, and a few pick pocketers.

Thieves caused chaos outside a Somaliland mosque late on Thursday when they took advantage of a power cut to throw a stray cat into the crowd, triggering a stampede so they could rob worshippers.

Large screens had been set up outside Hargeisa’s packed Ali Matan Mosque so thousands of people could watch a sermon by Sheikh Moustafa Hagi Ismael Hassan, one of the Horn of Africa country‘s most senior Muslim clerics.

But when a short circuit cast the downtown area into darkness, the sheikh said gangsters hurled a feral cat into the centre of the crowd, causing a commotion. During the stampede, the robbers grabbed mobile phones and money.

“A number of people were wounded, most of them beggars,” Hassan told Reuters. “I’ve sent them to hospital for treatment.” via yahoo

Animal shelters are filling up right now due to the shitty economy.  So before you give your cat up for adoption, keep in mind that they can carry their own weight.