RSPCA Cymru is appealing for information after a cat was found hanging from a tree in the Rhymney area.
The female tabby was found impaled on the branch of a tree in Tan y Bryn on Wednesday August 14 at 8.20am. Another cat was found impaled in the same place a month ago.
RSPCA officer Sian Burton said: “This is a deeply disturbing incident but so far we have no line of enquiry to follow. We need to know whether this cat was dead before she was impaled or whether she died as a result of this horrendous act. I would urge anyone with information to contact us immediately”.
If anyone has any information about this incident they are urged to contact the RSPCA cruelty and information line on 0300 1234 999. Calls will be treated in confidence.
Serial killers, according to research, usually start with cruelty to animals. Let us hope the person(s) responsible are caught quickly.
What is it with the crime stories lately? It's a depressing read. I think I might have to move out of Caerphilly.
The problem with most of the cases of animal cruelty in Rhymney, and there seems to be a lot of them in recent months, is that the Gwent Police do not use their manpower to investigate them, they leave that to the RSPCA. The Gwent Police were reluctant to investigate recent incidents in which a dogs head was half shot away and the poor dog was left alive for a young man and his father to find, another involving a firearm was the case were a young pony was shot and killed in Blackwood, again the police were reluctant to become involved, even though whoever was responsible had had to carry that shotgun through the streets to get to the pony.
Gwent Police should note the comments of Councillor Richard Williams of Caerphilly "Serial killers, according to research, usually start with cruelty to animals. Let us hope the person(s) responsible are caught quickly".
Probably not enough police brutality to keep them in line. Oh for the days when a copper could give them a clip around the ear and return them home for a good old fashioned beating. As we all know what a crime free utopia the past was and no doubt they would have had change enough for a bag of chips on the way home.