When Tracy McCulloch’s cat, Pepe, went lacking from his East Kilbride home, she was puzzled to search out him miles away in Motherwell.
After discovering that different cats from the world had additionally been discovered there and shut by, she was satisfied one thing suspicious was occurring.
The lacking cats have been discovered as much as 10 miles away, in and round areas resembling Newarkhill, Holytown and Motherwell.
With at the least 9 cats disappearing from East Kilbride, her daughter Sam arrange a Facebook web page to assist resolve the thriller.
Pepe’s disappearance was out of character.
Tracy went to the vet together with her different cat however when there was nonetheless no signal of Pepe on her return she grew frightened.
Speaking to the BBC Radio’s Mornings programme, she mentioned: “We began wanting spherical the world, shaking biscuits, checking sheds, garages and nonetheless nothing. So we began wanting by means of social media.”
Pepe was present in Motherwell after 16 days and Tracy’s daughter, Sam, mentioned he was “nervous for some time however simply actually underweight”.
After establishing the Facebook web page, Sam felt the scenario couldn’t be a coincidence.
Since then, much more cats have been reported lacking.
“We have spoken to a variety of the house owners individually and to be trustworthy, I imply you’ll be able to’t actually accuse anyone,” she mentioned.
“There isn’t any proof apart from all of them went lacking from the identical space and have all been discovered inside the similar space. None of them have had any accidents other than being completely ravenous.”
She says some folks have contacted the police concerning their lacking cat, however as a result of there isn’t a proof of individuals selecting up the cats, there may be nothing that may be carried out.
Roger Tabor is a naturalist, an professional on cats and former BBC Animal Magic presenter from Essex.
Speaking to the programme he mentioned it might be almost “unimaginable” for a bunch of cats to all seem in the identical space, having crossed the River Clyde.
“With Tracy’s case, it’s notably very unambiguous as a result of her cat was blind in a single eye I perceive.”
He added that the cats would not all be getting in the identical path on their very own.
“These issues, in the event that they’re actual, it factors to someone dwelling within the place the place they’re ending up and dealing in East Kilbride and going backwards and forwards.
“You get the odd one who will roam however, realistically, this isn’t the usual by any means, so yeah I believe someone’s as much as no good.
“If I lived in East Kilbride I’d make rattling positive I had my cat chipped,” he mentioned.
