Cat owners, be alert.

[alexalex]

thanks! useful!

[red devil]

Article about the incidents... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41595585

[remainpower]

Why? Who does such a thing. I can only imagine the screams of the poor kitties.

[edhistory]

A low grade piece of "journalism" on Sky News this morning.

Tony Jenkins made it to screen.

Can anyone identify the person who pays DS Andy Collin's wages?

[singalto]

What are you saying?

[katanita]

@singalto I would ignore this, clearly has some odd bee in the bonnet about this case, despite responses above, and I doubt asking for further clarification will result in anything other than more insensitive posts.

[singalto]

Good advice, katanita, thank you.

[robbin]

katanita Wrote:

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> @singalto I would ignore this, clearly has some

> odd bee in the bonnet about this case, despite

> responses above, and I doubt asking for further

> clarification will result in anything other than

> more insensitive posts.

Fair point and having just seen his inflammatory post about poisoned dogs in Nunhead (and others on this thread), it's best not to feed the troll, so to speak.

[singalto]

I have now seen the Sky news item and it is horrific.

[edhistory]

robbin Wrote:

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> Fair point and having just seen his inflammatory

> post about poisoned dogs in Nunhead (and others on

> this thread), it's best not to feed the troll, so

> to speak.

This one?

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1867455,1868756#msg-1868756

[robbin]

That's one of several.

Do you have an answer to this reasonable question from Katanita (if you have, you didn't post it)-

Posted by katanita August 31, 08:52PM

Sigh, is this seriously a suggestion that SNARL might be fabricating these incidents? Would the police (who I have personally spoken to regarding this case) be devoting this level of resource to it if that were the case? Is this woman making it up? [www.bbc.co.uk]

If you mean regarding the description, it came from Surrey Police, as stated in this article [metro.co.uk]. So, in answer to your question, yes, many.

Apologies I've misunderstood the implication of your post, but not sure why it was necessary.

edhistory Wrote:

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> Has anyone yet identified a single report that can

> not be traced back to SNARL as the sole source?

[singalto]

Edhistory, I can as one of my neighbours? cat was one of the victim. The police and the rspca were involved in that before SNARL as I am the one who informed them.

[robbin]

ED History - This is the reasonable question you never responded to...

Posted by katanita August 31, 08:52PM

Sigh, is this seriously a suggestion that SNARL might be fabricating these incidents? Would the police (who I have personally spoken to regarding this case) be devoting this level of resource to it if that were the case? Is this woman making it up?...

Is this what you were suggesting, because that's how your post reads and how others interpreted it?

[dimples]

It was on crime watch on tv a while back

and it?s been going on for a few years and not exaggerated so I believe !

[Blah Blah]

The police have a team on this and have forensic evidence too. I find any suggestion that SNARL are fabricating anything deeply offensive personally, given how many much loved pets have been murdered. A simple google search shows press coverage of all of this.

[singalto]

There has been a cat killing in SE27 so please keep your cats in at night..

[sweetgirl]

My friends daughters cat was beheaded last week. Police have been informed.

[singalto]

Sweetgirl, that's awful.

[[email protected]]

Re-posted here as we're concerned our cat has disappeared at the time of these new killings..

Our cat Fred - a stalwart of Dovercourt and Townley Roads - has been missing since 2nd December. He hasn't paid his usual visits to our neighbours since then (he also appears on Woodwarde and Beauval Roads at times).

Fred is a handsome chap - a brownish-greyish, stocky shorthair with yellow eyes. He's been missing once before, many years ago: then, he was found locked in a house that was under renovation. Could we please ask you to check any garages, sheds or lock-ups for him

He has a heart condition and need regular trips to the Vet. We're worried about him, as to stay away for this long is completely out-of-character. Please call Jayne on 07799 064107 if you find him. Reward offered.

Many thanks.

[Jennys]

Hope you will soon find your cat safe and well, Richard. I would like to point out though that sadly these are not ?new killings? but have been happening in a wide area, including Dulwich, for a long time. Cat owners are advised to keep animals locked indoors after dark.

[[email protected]]

Hi everyone. Good news, Fred has been found! He is ravenous and reeks of damp, so we suspect he?s managed to be trapped somewhere again. Thank you very much to our neighbours and anyone else who has kept a watch out for him.

[Jennys]

Great news.

[singalto]

Thank goodness, that is wonderful and thank you for letting us know...

[tracymcdavis]

Just seen this on the BBC - looks like they may have a suspect for at least some of the killings outside of London. But not yet clear if all killings around the UK are same person of course - heaven forbid there is more than one of these monsters out there.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-42576471

[Sue]

tracymcdavis Wrote:

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But not yet clear if all

> killings around the UK are same person of course -

> heaven forbid there is more than one of these

> monsters out there.

Unfortunately all the publicity is likely to have resulted in copy-cat (sorry can't think of a more appropriate word) killings by people who were that way inclined in the first place :(

I can't believe just one person would travel around the country killing cats. Unless they were already travelling, for example for work purposes.