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14/10/2008
Cat Killer Sought
An animal charity is taking action to bring a serial cat killer in England to book.
A £1,000 reward has been offered to find the person who is targeting felines and bring them to justice.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is to find the money for a reward for any information leading to the prosecution of the culprit who has poisoned 28 cats in Somerset since April.
Nine pets in Weston-super-Mare, six of them in the same street on the Bournville housing estate, have died after being poisoned with anti-freeze in the last two weeks.
Between April and August, 19 cats in nearby Bridgwater died after suffering vomiting, diarrhoea and fits and eventual kidney failure, caused by ingesting ethylene glyco, the agent commonly found in anti-freeze.
Last month Avon and Somerset Police and the RSPCA launched an investigation and now the chairty is offering the reward payable on the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible.
PETA is also urging residents to keep a watchful eye on their animals and to keep all cats indoors.
Meanwhile, the RSPCA said its investigation was divided between searching for a malicious psychopath and a much more innocent source of the chemical, like a breaker's yard.
(BMcC)
A £1,000 reward has been offered to find the person who is targeting felines and bring them to justice.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is to find the money for a reward for any information leading to the prosecution of the culprit who has poisoned 28 cats in Somerset since April.
Nine pets in Weston-super-Mare, six of them in the same street on the Bournville housing estate, have died after being poisoned with anti-freeze in the last two weeks.
Between April and August, 19 cats in nearby Bridgwater died after suffering vomiting, diarrhoea and fits and eventual kidney failure, caused by ingesting ethylene glyco, the agent commonly found in anti-freeze.
Last month Avon and Somerset Police and the RSPCA launched an investigation and now the chairty is offering the reward payable on the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible.
PETA is also urging residents to keep a watchful eye on their animals and to keep all cats indoors.
Meanwhile, the RSPCA said its investigation was divided between searching for a malicious psychopath and a much more innocent source of the chemical, like a breaker's yard.
(BMcC)
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