A nine-year-old woman was left horrified after discovering her kitten decapitated behind her home on Easter Sunday.
Her mum Rebecca says nine-month-old Lily’s head appeared to have been eliminated by a human utilizing a “very sharp knife”.
The father or mother, who lives in College Road, Hextable, advised KentOnline: “We’d only been letting her out for about four weeks, and only when the road was quiet.
“We didn’t see her for about an hour and a half so my nine-year-old daughter went to find her.
“She found her laying down on the land next to our property and thought she was sleeping at first.
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“But she thought it was suspicious that she wasn’t moving. When she got closer to her she realised she didn’t have a head.
“She ran in screaming and then we went out and looked ourselves. As soon as we saw her we thought ‘an animal didn’t do that’.
“I checked her paws and all her claws were intact. It looked like her head had been taken off by a very sharp knife.”
She emailed police after fearing Lily was killed by a human, they usually referred to as her again immediately.
“I asked them if they wanted me to preserve the body and they said no so we buried her,” she mentioned.
Rebecca posted in regards to the incident on an area Facebook web page and was directed to the South London Animal Investigation Network (SLAIN).
The organisation advised her to take the physique to Mead Vets in Dartford.
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Rebecca added: “The vet there agreed that this was done by human hands rather than an animal.
“Mead Vets were absolutely fantastic. They gave my children a paw print of Lily’s paw and they cut some of her hair and put it in a little fairy dust bottle for them.
“We had Lily for about seven months and she slept with my daughter every night.
“My children were and are pretty distressed, they can’t go in the garden on their own because they’re frightened that they’re going to be killed.”
Both Rebecca and SLAIN are interesting for CCTV footage from 8am to 5pm on March 31.
They want to hear from anybody who noticed a person wearing black with a head torch on, and anybody who captured CCTV of a white automobile driving up and down the street.
They are additionally urging anybody who had property broken within the space through the time interval to return ahead.
If you could have any info, contact SLAIN on 07957830490 or [email protected].
Police have confirmed they had been referred to as to a report {that a} deceased cat had been present in a location off College Road, Hextable, which had “possibly been mutilated”.
Anyone with info ought to name 01622 604100, quoting reference 46/52515/24.
