Sydney strip club owner distraught after customer takes her kitten

A Kings Cross strip club and escort owner has been left distraught after her pet kitten was kidnapped by a client as he left the premises.

The cat nab at the Wildcatz venue in Kings Cross could have been the perfect crime, except for all the cameras.

"We have our fair share of thieves and issues and stuff that happens here, but this was nearly melt-down moment," owner Lauren O'Brien said.

As the man left the building, previously the infamous Love Machine, he appeared to be holding six-week-old Lucy.

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Ms O'Brien searched for hours hoping little Lucy was just cat-napping. However, after watching vision from the club's security cameras, the truth was revealed.

"I bawled my eyes out; I bawled and I bawled because first thing I thought is 'we're not going to get her back'," Ms O'Brien said.

Lucy was a gift from Ms O'Brien to her partner, after his father's death.

The brazen theft happened on Australia Day and, more than a week on, there's still no sign of Lucy or the man who took her.

He also stole a mobile phone but Ms O'Brien just wants her kitten home.

"I want my cat back, like now, yesterday and I don't care, I will not stop until I find where you are," she said.