UK - Reward for identity of the Croydon Cat Ripper. Jan 2016.

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An animal charity is offering a £5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the so-called 'Cat Ripper of Croydon'.

PETA believes more than 30 cats in the Croydon area of south London have been killed by the same person in the past two years.

A number were disembowelled or decapitated...

Anyone with information about the killings is asked to call the RSPCA on 0300 123 8018.

http://news.sky.com/story/1630466/5k-reward-offered-for-croydon-cat-ripper
 
Someone is killing and mutilating cats and other animals in the UK. Originally the killings started around Croydon in South London.

http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/8203-map-bodies-dead-mutilated-cats-croydon/story-28348890-detail/story.html

Then the killing area widened to include areas around the M25 motorway

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/croydon-cat-killer-widened-brutal-8414154

The killer is now said to be mutilating cats all around the UK

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3904588/Croydon-Cat-Ripper-striking-six-times-week-police-store-mutilated-corpses-170-animals-freezers.html

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161219-meet-the-police-on-the-trail-of-a-serial-cat-killer


http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37978772

The case is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police, the RSPCA and a local unregistered charity [FONT=&amp]South Norwood Animal Rescue and Liberty (Snarl), however a perpetrator has yet to be found and the killings appear to be escalating.

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https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/croydon-cat-killer-attacked-mutilated-least-180-animals/

http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/...er-be-solved/story-29863742-detail/story.html

An RSPCA spokesperson has said that some bodies appear to have been killed by a moving vehicle and the mutilations are occurring after death.

http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/..._forensic_tests_confirm_how_pets_were_slayed/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M25_cat_killer
 
Someone is killing and mutilating cats and other animals in the UK. Originally the killings started around Croydon in South London.

http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/8203-map-bodies-dead-mutilated-cats-croydon/story-28348890-detail/story.html

Then the killing area widened to include areas around the M25 motorway

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/croydon-cat-killer-widened-brutal-8414154

The killer is now said to be mutilating cats all around the UK

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3904588/Croydon-Cat-Ripper-striking-six-times-week-police-store-mutilated-corpses-170-animals-freezers.html

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161219-meet-the-police-on-the-trail-of-a-serial-cat-killer


http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37978772

The case is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police, the RSPCA and a local unregistered charity [FONT=&amp]South Norwood Animal Rescue and Liberty (Snarl), however a perpetrator has yet to be found and the killings appear to be escalating.

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https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/croydon-cat-killer-attacked-mutilated-least-180-animals/

http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/...er-be-solved/story-29863742-detail/story.html

An RSPCA spokesperson has said that some bodies appear to have been killed by a moving vehicle and the mutilations are occurring after death.

http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/..._forensic_tests_confirm_how_pets_were_slayed/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M25_cat_killer
I just can't read this. I love kitties.

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I recently had this brought to my attention and am sickened and infuriated.

'Croydon cat killer' linked to Hampshire deaths and becoming 'more brazen'

The deaths of three cats in Hampshire are being linked to the so-called 'Croydon cat killer', thought to have killed 230 animals in Greater London.

A cat was found decapitated in Southsea, Portsmouth, on Sunday, two weeks after another was found killed in the same area, while in July, a cat was found killed on the Isle of Wight.

A Hampshire Police spokesman said: "We believe these incidents may be linked to Operation Takahe, a series of cat deaths in the Croydon/M25 area, and is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Service."

Sergeant Tony Jeacock said: "I would like to reassure the public that we are investigating the incident and following all possible leads."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M25_cat_killer
The M25 Cat Killer (also referred to by the media as the Croydon Cat Killer or the Croydon Cat Ripper) is thought to have killed, dismembered and decapitated more than 250 cats[2] beginning in 2014 in Croydon, but since spreading across and around London.[3][4][5] Further killings were recorded in November 2016,[3][6][7] with 10 feline victims being confirmed by police as linked.

I know what I want to do to whoever is doing this. I think it may be a young person and possibly the beginning of something much worse. Thoughts?
 
Thank you for starting this thread. I had heard of the Croydon cat killer but had no idea it was still happening.
Reading what these poor, much loved pets have gone through has sickened me. I'm interested to learn where you even start with a case such as this.


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Although I no longer live in London, I'm very glad my cat is an indoor cat :( those poor kitties :(


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Through the many murders of humans I've read on this site and elsewhere, I've never, in response to the killer's personhood, used the descriptive acronym "." But I do now. #moggies
 
I've joined the SNARL Facebook page ( hope that's ok to mention, mods please remove if not) I'm horrified to see how frequently these cases are happening, and so far afield too.
Is it a case of the same person/people travelling up and down the country or a copycat?



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I wonder if they have (or mentioned) any possible culprits, theories, or any who/what/why's? This is crazy, horrible serial killer in the making right there. Deranged cult or just a single nasty, sadistic piece of work on the loose? Would be interesting to know if it is one person or several in tandem, or a lot of random sick acts done by many lone individuals ?
Awful and disturbing.
 
I wonder if they have (or mentioned) any possible culprits, theories, or any who/what/why's? This is crazy, horrible serial killer in the making right there. Deranged cult or just a single nasty, sadistic piece of work on the loose? Would be interesting to know if it is one person or several in tandem, or a lot of random sick acts done by many lone individuals ?
Awful and disturbing.

Or maybe the culprits aren't humans at all. Leaving aside the number of foxes reported killed, I would suggest that foxes could well be the culprits in many of these reported cat killings, not least because foxes do routinely decapitate prey and leave the bodies behind when they kill surplus to their immediate food requirements.

I'd be interested to know how many people have been convicted of killing cats like this. Where cats in a local area are killed, they are frequently poisoned, and the blame is frequently laid at the feet of a local person fed up with other people's cats *advertiser censored* all over his garden.

The most readily found conviction is of Franky Mills who did porridge for shooting cats, most of which survived.

http://ukcriminallawblog.com/franky-mills-gets-2-years-for-cat-killing-spree/

Clearly decapitation does not come into the picture in either shootings or poisonings.

I'd also have to question the ability of one or a small number of individuals to carry out so many attacks across so wide an area.

I'd suggest that in urban and suburban environments such as Croydon and other cities where attacks are reported there are now many foxes living in close proximity to humans, and that foxes and cats do have an overlap in terms of prey.

That and the seemingly very small number of convictions suggests to me that the issue is the urban fox rather than an army of psychos.
 
An Incompleat History of British Cat Killing in the 21st century:

BBC (10.02.04) Pet owners fear serial cat killer

Dartmouth Chronicle (28.02.08) Cat killer at large?

Brighton Argus (13.12.08) Ardur cat killer spared prison

Telegraph (27.04.12) Serial cat killer feared to have claimed 48th victim

Lancashire Post (01.08.14) Cat killer who laced tuna with anti-freeze must pay £1,800

Ipswich Star (09.10.14) Cat killer fear as more than 100 adored pets reported missing

Sun (03.03.17) Man who ‘sexually abused and killed 21 cats’ arrested
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And lest we forget....

Wiki: The Great Cat Massacre

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The book, a series of essays by Robert Darnton, takes its name from its most famous chapter which describes and interprets an unusual source detailing the murder or "massacre" of cats during the late 1730s by apprentice printers living and working on Rue Saint-Séverin in Paris.
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Darnton describes how, as the apprentices suffered hard conditions, they came to resent the favours which their masters gave to their cats, and contrived to deal with the nuisance cats by slaughtering them so as to distress their masters. Darnton interprets this as an early form of workers' protest.
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more at the link

Perhaps an insight.
 
Or maybe the culprits aren't humans at all. Leaving aside the number of foxes reported killed, I would suggest that foxes could well be the culprits in many of these reported cat killings, not least because foxes do routinely decapitate prey and leave the bodies behind when they kill surplus to their immediate food requirements.

I'd be interested to know how many people have been convicted of killing cats like this. Where cats in a local area are killed, they are frequently poisoned, and the blame is frequently laid at the feet of a local person fed up with other people's cats *advertiser censored* all over his garden.

The most readily found conviction is of Franky Mills who did porridge for shooting cats, most of which survived.

http://ukcriminallawblog.com/franky-mills-gets-2-years-for-cat-killing-spree/

Clearly decapitation does not come into the picture in either shootings or poisonings.

I'd also have to question the ability of one or a small number of individuals to carry out so many attacks across so wide an area.

I'd suggest that in urban and suburban environments such as Croydon and other cities where attacks are reported there are now many foxes living in close proximity to humans, and that foxes and cats do have an overlap in terms of prey.

That and the seemingly very small number of convictions suggests to me that the issue is the urban fox rather than an army of psychos.

This makes far more sense to me, however the examinations carried out by the vets would surely identify if it was killed by a fox wouldn't it?


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This makes far more sense to me, however the examinations carried out by the vets would surely identify if it was killed by a fox wouldn't it?


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yes. they find other food in the cats' stomachs that their owners did not give them.
 
Or maybe the culprits aren't humans at all. Leaving aside the number of foxes reported killed, I would suggest that foxes could well be the culprits in many of these reported cat killings, not least because foxes do routinely decapitate prey and leave the bodies behind when they kill surplus to their immediate food requirements.

I'd be interested to know how many people have been convicted of killing cats like this. Where cats in a local area are killed, they are frequently poisoned, and the blame is frequently laid at the feet of a local person fed up with other people's cats *advertiser censored* all over his garden.

The most readily found conviction is of Franky Mills who did porridge for shooting cats, most of which survived.

http://ukcriminallawblog.com/franky-mills-gets-2-years-for-cat-killing-spree/

Clearly decapitation does not come into the picture in either shootings or poisonings.

I'd also have to question the ability of one or a small number of individuals to carry out so many attacks across so wide an area.

I'd suggest that in urban and suburban environments such as Croydon and other cities where attacks are reported there are now many foxes living in close proximity to humans, and that foxes and cats do have an overlap in terms of prey.

That and the seemingly very small number of convictions suggests to me that the issue is the urban fox rather than an army of psychos.

This is very valid theory and it has been brought up quite a few times on different boards.

As my own cat is missing now few month in London area, I am following quite a few fb pages and Cat killer petitions/awareness and rewards are posted there quite often. People who are dealing with the case has not revealed all the details, but yes, it apparently includes decapitation of the cats plus some other (unknown to public) specific mutilation, that is why theory that it is the same person or group of same people.

I don't have any links at the moment, but if I see anything relevant posted there again I will re-post here.
 
Or maybe the culprits aren't humans at all. Leaving aside the number of foxes reported killed, I would suggest that foxes could well be the culprits in many of these reported cat killings, not least because foxes do routinely decapitate prey and leave the bodies behind when they kill surplus to their immediate food requirements.

I'd be interested to know how many people have been convicted of killing cats like this. Where cats in a local area are killed, they are frequently poisoned, and the blame is frequently laid at the feet of a local person fed up with other people's cats *advertiser censored* all over his garden.

The most readily found conviction is of Franky Mills who did porridge for shooting cats, most of which survived.

http://ukcriminallawblog.com/franky-mills-gets-2-years-for-cat-killing-spree/

Clearly decapitation does not come into the picture in either shootings or poisonings.

I'd also have to question the ability of one or a small number of individuals to carry out so many attacks across so wide an area.

I'd suggest that in urban and suburban environments such as Croydon and other cities where attacks are reported there are now many foxes living in close proximity to humans, and that foxes and cats do have an overlap in terms of prey.

That and the seemingly very small number of convictions suggests to me that the issue is the urban fox rather than an army of psychos.

Good point. For many of these killings could very well indeed be foxes who are increasingly more visible in suburban and urban environments. Also, cats have a tendency to run away when sick or dying and are, therefore, easy prey to a wild animal like a fox. I do realise that this isn't the case for all of the cats that have been reported missing.

Somewhat O/T but this brings to mind how in the US there's been an increasing presence of coyotes (and to a lesser extent the "coy wolf") in sub/urban areas picking off small pets, namely small dogs and cats. In part due to human sprawl/encroachment and a booming pet cat and dog population. Since they tend to be opportunists (both predators and scavengers), a bit like foxes, they easily adapt through both necessity and the ease of available food sources.
 
It was just shared today on one of the boards I follow:


UK ANIMAL KILLER

We are currently working alongside the police and RSPCA to find the identity of the "M25 cat killer", the person or persons responsible for the deaths and mutilation of over 200 cats, foxes and rabbits since October 2015.

Most of the attacks are occuring across a wide area in greater London,
but also in Surrey, Berkshire, Kent, St Albans, Brackley in Northamptonshire, Brighton, Maidstone, Manchester, Birmingham and the Isle of Wight.

If you find a mutilated animal anywhere in the UK please call us on 07961 030064 or 07957 830490 immediately.

If you see anyone behaving oddly around animals or birds in the UK, please call this into police via 101 with a full description of the person and what they are doing, and quote Operation Takahe in the call. Where possible get vehicle registration details. Please then send us the police or CAD reference number.

If you see anyone harming or kidnapping an animal, that same advice applies except that's a 999 call, also quoting Operation Takahe. Please also call us at SNARL on the numbers above.

We advise that owners keep their cats indoors at night and let them out only during the day when they can be supervised. Whilst most of the attacks are happening at night, a handful have happened during the day.

If you have any information about who might be committing these offenses, please call the team running Operation Takahe on 0208 6490216 or 101. If you feel uneasy speaking to the police, you can contact us instead on the mobile numbers listed above.

All calls will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

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