Pet owners have actually reported that their felines have actually come home and parts of the fur on their legs and backs has actually been slashed off.
It follows more than 50 events of cats being shaved by hair clippers were reported to an animal well-being organisation in Kent.
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The Animals Lost and Found group has actually put together a list of where attacks have actually occurred in the nation and there now appear to be events in the Norwich location.
Sophie-Louise Parks, from Bowthorpe, observed a shaved spot of fur on her cat called Gizmo, while an unusual collar had actually been put on her other animal called Lua.
“Gizmo came home on Tuesday morning and it looked like she’d been shaved on the top of her back leg,” she said.
“People have actually said she needs to have been associated with a cat battle however the hair is out by the root so it’s really outright she was shaved.
“When I touch right above the shaved patch, she gets uncomfortable like it hurts her.”
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The following day Lua came home with a blue collar around her neck which Ms Parks attempted removing however the cat “was very scared and seemed shaken up”.
Other reports on Facebook consist of a cat from New Costessey that had a ‘V’ shaved into its back and a feline from the Bowthorpe location that had her “whole side shaved”.
Tammy Cullum’s cat Flo was shaved after going outside in New Costessey.
Tammy Cullum’s cat returned with a big shaved spot on its side after heading out in Norwich (Image: Tammy Cullum)
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Ms Cullum said: “She returned appearing like she had actually been shaved in a square shape, you can inform it’s not from being scratched or bit and you can plainly see the square shape where the clippers have actually clipped her fur.
“I simply do not comprehend why individuals would do this to her.”
Tammy Cullum’s cat Flo (on left) (Image: Tammy Cullum)
An RSPCA representative recommended concerned owners to take their moggies to a veterinarian to be looked for injuries and said: “These events sound really distressing and we hope the poor cats are recuperating well at home.”
