Cat Killer of Croydon

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

My parents lived next to a cat killer, and sure enough he got our cat.

Where does Shibboleth live?

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.

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.

Someone who is not wired up properly.

I reckon its just a really tough bird getting back for all those baby robins,

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.

PJM1974 – Member
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.

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

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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?

Just like dog owners. But responsible for fewer mauled children.

Mikkel – Member
gardens/sheds/houses?

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

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.

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?

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

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

Shit! The crazy cat people are ANGRY!

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.

…aaaand, we’re off 😕

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

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

and they get much bigger cats in their gardens.

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.

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)

As timc says. What happens when they get bored of, or run out of cats to fulfil their sadistic fantasies on?

bearnecessities – Member
…aaaand, we’re off

RM.

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.

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.

I’d get 1 & 5 in for drug testing.

[quoteChops their head and tail off, disembowels, drains the blood and dumps them on the street or in people’s gardens.[/quote]

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

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

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.

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.

I blame curiosity.

I just let this out 🙂

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.

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

This is what I was trying to post….

That is a fine looking dog.

Mikkel – Member
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

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

Pet ASBOs?

Was it Misis IGMC 🙂

zippykona – Member
I blame curiosity.
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All the same, they’ll just fit up the boogie like usual