John
04-11-2009, 12:39 PM
A £1,000 reward has been offered to bring a serial cat killer to justice.
Cats suffer kidney failure when they ingest even small amounts of antifreeze
Nine pet cats in Weston-super-Mare, six of them in the same street on the Bournville housing estate, have died in the last two weeksafter being poisoned with antifreeze.
The recent spate of feline deaths follows an identical poisoning outbreak between April and August in nearby Bridgwater, which took the lives of 19 moggies.
All suffered vomiting, diarrhoea and fits and eventual kidney failure, caused by ingesting ethylene glycol - the agent commonly found in antifreeze.
Animal rights organisation, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, believes the poisonings were deliberate and has stumped up a cash reward to track down the killer.
It is offering £1000 in exchange for information leading to the prosecution of the culprit or culprits.
Peta's Suzanne Barnard claimed that animals were often the perfect "practice" victims for violent people.
"Weston-super-Mare residents have good reason to be concerned," she said.
"Research in psychology and criminology shows that people who commit acts of cruelty to animals often go on to commit violent acts against their fellow humans.
"As long as the perpetrators of this crime are at large, other animals in the area - and human residents - might also be in danger.
Cats suffer kidney failure when they ingest even small amounts of antifreeze
Nine pet cats in Weston-super-Mare, six of them in the same street on the Bournville housing estate, have died in the last two weeksafter being poisoned with antifreeze.
The recent spate of feline deaths follows an identical poisoning outbreak between April and August in nearby Bridgwater, which took the lives of 19 moggies.
All suffered vomiting, diarrhoea and fits and eventual kidney failure, caused by ingesting ethylene glycol - the agent commonly found in antifreeze.
Animal rights organisation, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, believes the poisonings were deliberate and has stumped up a cash reward to track down the killer.
It is offering £1000 in exchange for information leading to the prosecution of the culprit or culprits.
Peta's Suzanne Barnard claimed that animals were often the perfect "practice" victims for violent people.
"Weston-super-Mare residents have good reason to be concerned," she said.
"Research in psychology and criminology shows that people who commit acts of cruelty to animals often go on to commit violent acts against their fellow humans.
"As long as the perpetrators of this crime are at large, other animals in the area - and human residents - might also be in danger.