As formerly reported, a lady from Basingstoke mentioned her injury and shock when she opened a parcel provided to her home including what she believed was a dead puppy covered in pink tissue paper.
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She took the troubling parcel to the authorities examination centre in Viables however said she was informed by staff that the authorities would not examine the event.
Now, a taxidermist from Basingstoke has actually been in touch with the Gazette to state she thinks the parcel was implied for her and remained in truth a dead kitten.
Taxidermy is a method of preparing and packing an animal for display screen or research study after it has actually passed away.
The taxidermist said: “The kitten was really regretfully stillborn and the owner chose she wants to have them maintained instead of put simply them in the bin.
“Unfortunately, as you understand, the kitten was provided to the incorrect address and the lady who opened the package had no context and was naturally worried that this might connect to an animal cruelty case.”
Hampshire Constabulary is yet to talk about why it did not at first examine the event.
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A representative said: “On Wednesday 12 July, a lady made a report at the front counter of the Police Investigation Centre in Jays Close to state that she had actually received a parcel in the post with a dead animal inside.
“The package had the lady’s address on it, however there was various name to that of the lady’s on the package.
“The event was tape-recorded and passed to Basingstoke’s Neighbourhood Policing Team to make queries.
“Those queries have actually verified that the dead animal needs to have been sent to a taxidermist, however the lady received it as there was a mistake on the address.
“No criminal activities have actually been recognized and the individual who received the package, and the individual who sent it, have actually been upgraded.”
