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We done this one yet?

Serial cat killer in Croydon and surrounding areas. Chops their head and tail off, disembowels, drains the blood and dumps them on the street or in people's gardens.

30 reported here, radio today was saying maybe 50 and seems to be spreading further around. Advice is to keep your cat indoors at night. Anyone with an outdoor cat would know that's near impossible.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35421250/serial-cat-killer-strikes-again-in-croydon-taking-total-up-to-over-30-animals


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:37 am
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My parents lived next to a cat killer, and sure enough he got our cat.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:38 am
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Where does Shibboleth live?


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:39 am
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I'm a extremely placid guy, but if someone harmed one of my cats I'd make it my mission in life to find them and make their life an abject misery.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:48 am
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Someone on the radio this morning was saying she knew about someone who had a new neighbour who moved in and made a threat about their cat, and next day dead just like the ones above.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:53 am
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Someone who is not wired up properly.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:55 am
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I reckon its just a really tough bird getting back for all those baby robins,


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:58 am
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very sadistic, no surprise if its someone with many issues that could later become a risk to the general public, hope the police are taking it seriously.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:08 pm
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I'm a extremely placid guy, but if someone harmed one of my cats I'd make it my mission in life to find them and make their life an abject misery.

And how do you deal with people who dont like having your pet roaming around in their gardens/sheds/houses?

Not at all agreing with killing cats, i quite like cats, but i have never come across a catowner who is willing/capable of seing the cat issue from anything but their own side.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:14 pm
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but i have never come across a catowner who is willing/capable of seing the cat issue from anything but their own side.

This


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:16 pm
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And how do you deal with people who dont like having your pet roaming around in their gardens/sheds/houses?

Depends. If they tried to physically harm my cats, then I'd not lose sleep over a disproportionate response.

However, if they came to me to discuss the issue then I'd be more than willing to compromise. I don't like dogs crapping on my front garden, but I'd never physically harm a dog if I caught it mid-crap on my property. I'd ask the owner to ensure that it never happened again.

Not at all agreing with killing cats, i quite like cats, but i have never come across a catowner who is willing/capable of seing the cat issue from anything but their own side.

Bit like saying "all cyclists jump red lights", isn't it?


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:22 pm
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Just like dog owners. But responsible for fewer mauled children.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:23 pm
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gardens/sheds/houses?

More to life than worrying about a cat in your garden...


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:23 pm
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Pretty sure any pet owner would react very badly to their pet being decapitated, disembowelled and left for them to find, not just cat owners. Surely you're not suggesting this is an appropriate response to a cat going/being in someone's garden?
There can be no excuse for this type of behaviour and I suspect it will be someone with severe mental health issues. I sincerely hope they catch them soon.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:24 pm
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Ok, one step further then, someone come and ask you if you could please keep your cat out of their garden.
What would you do?


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:24 pm
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More to life than worrying about a cat in your garden...

Well, yes. There are children starving in Africa, for example.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:25 pm
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Shit! The crazy cat people are ANGRY!


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:26 pm
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but i have never come across a catowner who is willing/capable of seing the cat issue from anything but their own side.

I don't disagree, but it kind of irrelevant to this discussion. It's like starting a thread on a cyclist who gets killed by a careless driver and ending up talking about how some cyclists go though red lights or ignore one way signs. Whether you mean it or not, you're kind of excusing that sort of behaviour.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:26 pm
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...aaaand, we're off ๐Ÿ˜•


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:26 pm
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zokes - Still not a customer
but i have never come across a catowner who is willing/capable of seing the cat issue from anything but their own side.
This

That.
Edit..I hate cats but this is a bit more than hate. Does this tie in with cutting off horses tails?


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:28 pm
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Well, yes. There are children starving in Africa, for example.

and they get much bigger cats in their gardens.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:30 pm
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Ok, one step further then, someone come and ask you if you could please keep your cat out of their garden.
What would you do?

In fact this has happened to me. Several solutions were suggested:

1) Keeping my cats in during certain times of the day.
2) Helping my neighbour install cat deterrents on their property

In the end, the first solution was found to be satisfactory. Happy cats, happy neighbour and happy me.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:30 pm
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satanic cult

my cat skull necklace looks ace by the way.

(while i have very mixed emotions about our cat i`d not want it gone in this manner)


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:32 pm
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As timc says. What happens when they get bored of, or run out of cats to fulfil their sadistic fantasies on?


 
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...aaaand, we're off

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Not at all agreing with killing cats, i quite like cats, but i have never come across a catowner who is willing/capable of seing the cat issue from anything but their own side.

^This.
I don't like cats, and particularly don't like them shitting in my garden, however I find chucking a handful of soil in their general direction does a good job of getting rid of them.


 
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Not at all agreing with killing cats, i quite like cats, but i have never come across a catowner who is willing/capable of seing the cat issue from anything but their own side.

^This.
I don't like cats, and particularly don't like them shitting in my garden, however I find chucking a handful of soil in their general direction does a good job of getting rid of them.

I'm with this - killing and disembowelling I save for dog owners that don't clear up after their animals.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:43 pm
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I'd get 1 & 5 in for drug testing.

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Posted : 29/01/2016 12:46 pm
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[quoteChops their head and tail off, disembowels, drains the blood and dumps them on the street or in people's gardens.

Pretty similar to what cats do to the local bird population then.

I like cats but i think they should be kept indoors.


 
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I don't like cats, and particularly don't like them shitting in my garden, however I find chucking a handful of soil in their general direction does a good job of getting rid of them.

This is perfectly acceptable. I'd be lying if I said I'd never squirted a hose at a nuisance cat or shooed it away.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:49 pm
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As timc says. What happens when they get bored of, or run out of cats to fulfil their sadistic fantasies on?

We have a polecat surplus.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:52 pm
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I blame curiosity.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 12:59 pm
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I just let this out ๐Ÿ™‚

She is actually shit scared of cats but being a terrier she forgets this each time and tears off across the garden after them.
Cats see her as possibly quite a fierce and efficient killer of small animals so they flee.
Occasionally cats can be quite arsey and they stand there ground. Cue the dog coming to a swift halt and the roles reverse within a split second. There is little as aggressive as a cat that thinks you are taking the piss so she has been chased by cats which is quite funny.


 
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Police have issued an artist impression of a suspect they wish to question....

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Posted : 29/01/2016 1:07 pm
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This is what I was trying to post....

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Posted : 29/01/2016 2:00 pm
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That is a fine looking dog.


 
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Ok, one step further then, someone come and ask you if you could please keep your cat out of their garden.
What would you do?

Nothing.. as Under the Common Law Duty of Care though, cat owners have a general cats and the lawduty to take reasonable steps to ensure that their cats do not cause damage to someones property or cause injury to anyone.

This is does not mean we have to try and stop them enter your property

i have never come across a catowner who is willing/capable of seing the cat issue from anything but their own side.

strange, I've offered to give my neighbour a waterpistol (not a stupidly powerful supersoaker) to use to discourage our cat in her back garden & would have no issues running my cats out, even using a hose.. it's their yard after all but physical action against to cat? Sick


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 2:21 pm
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And how do you deal with people who dont like having your pet roaming around in their gardens/sheds/houses

Pet ASBOs?

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Posted : 29/01/2016 2:47 pm
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Was it Misis IGMC ๐Ÿ™‚


 
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I blame curiosity.
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All the same, they'll just fit up the boogie like usual


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 2:48 pm
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Not at all agreing with killing cats, i quite like cats, but i have never come across a catowner who is willing/capable of seing the cat issue from anything but their own side.

Well, now you have. Mine are house cats because I don't want them murdering the wildlife, fertlising next door's lawn, embedded in the bumper of a passing vehicle, or given an ISIS-style execution by a nutter.

They're really quite satisfied with their lot too, although they are currently indicating to me that I should light the woodburner ASAP.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 3:52 pm
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I'm getting a little miffed with our neighbours 100% outdoor cats which are frequently crapping in our garden. And by garden I mean in the flower beds, anywhere on the lawn and their finest act so far - in the kids playhouse.

Neighbours are of the opinion that they are outdoor cats so what can they do.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 5:37 pm
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Cats are wild animals, despite the partial domestication (unlike dogs which are fully domesticated). They'll do as they please or instinct tells them to.

Don't want cats to crap in your garden, get a cat. They are territorial and defend their own, scent the area to make it theirs. They will also crap in another neighbours garden. Wouldn't want to mess up their own garden after all ๐Ÿ˜€

At least they're not dogs. Just crap wherever they like, don't make neat holes to bury it in, and you have to spend all the time extracting dog crap from your lawn.

Unusual for cats to crap on your lawn or worse the playhouse, especially if you have flowr beds for them to dig in. Some do though.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 5:52 pm
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These cats are surface laying. No hole digging and covering up the evidence.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 5:58 pm
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Might be someone stealing cats to use as bait in dog fights, they might not be doing the disembowelling themselves.

It's still properly gruesome and sick, I'm not excusing that bit at all. There was a case round here (Manchester) where someone was caught breeding cats to use the kittens as dog bait. ๐Ÿ™


 
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