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Owners of poisoned cats killed on Swindon road in ‘limbo’

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It has been simply over 4 months for the reason that pets belonging to Kate Blackford, Sarah-Jane Webb and Harri Thompson had been killed by a mysterious poison on the identical night time on August 11.

Kate’s two cats Betty and Simba, Sarah-Jane’s cat Chase and Harri’s cat Nala all died inside the identical 12-hour interval, and the weird circumstances behind this led to a joint investigation from Wiltshire Police and the RSPCA.

As a part of this, the RPSCA organized for a autopsy to be finished on the cats to find out what it was that will have killed them.

But weeks on from sending their cats away, homeowners say they’re nonetheless in the dead of night about what occurred.

READ MORE: Swindon road left reeling after 4 cats die from unknown ‘poison’

Sarah-Jane Webb stated: “I’ve referred to as the RSPCA on a number of events and all they will inform me is that they are going to depart a message and get somebody to name me again. And after all, nobody calls me.

“I don’t know where my cat is or how much longer we are going to be sat in limbo. It’s been tough.”

Swindon Advertiser: Four cats from one Swindon street have died after being 'poisoned' (Image: Kate Blackford, Sarah-Jane Webb and Harri Thompson)

Four cats from one Swindon road have died after being ‘poisoned’ (Image: Kate Blackford, Sarah-Jane Webb and Harri Thompson) (Image: Kate Blackford, Sarah-Jane Webb and Harri Thompson)Harri Thompson added: “I’ve heard from the police to say they’ve also not heard anything. They’ve tried contacting the RSPCA but no response.”

Harri had beforehand been advised it might be round two weeks for a preliminary report and 6-8 weeks for a full report.

Kate had already organized for a autopsy for the primary of her two cats that died that night time, Betty, however she too is ready for solutions.

’I’ve nonetheless had completely nothing again from Betty’s postmortem, I’ve chased and chased and chased.”

Because of the dearth of solutions, the homeowners nonetheless have fears for his or her pets which haven’t been helped by a rising historical past of cats being allegedly intentionally injured on the road. 

In September, a cat named Mouch, was discovered unable to walk on one among its legs, with vets telling the proprietor the harm was brought on by ‘blunt force trauma, not a car or another animal, likely a kick.’

In addition to this, in addition to being poisoned, Nala was additionally found to have a big harm to her ribs, with proprietor Harri saying that vets had advised her it was not in keeping with a automotive however somewhat a ‘kick or severe blow’.

And previous to the poisonings, one other cat had returned home to Emerald Crescent with a ‘stamp injury on its tail and a cigarette burn on its eyebrow’

Wiltshire Police has confirmed it’s nonetheless ready for particulars of the post-mortems.

The RSPCA was approached for remark.

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