Another cat was found mutilated. It's the latest in a string of brutal attacks on cats in San Antonio. Keith and Paige Martin are still in shock after their 10-year-old cat “Sunny†was found mutilated in their own front yard. “It's not like you want to get into someone like that's head, but you wonder what in the world they're thinking?†said Keith Martin.
The Martins say they found part of Sunny's intestines on their curb. The cat had been skinned. The rest of her body was found across the street in the ditch - where it was burned. “I was scared to think that there were people or a person that had come into our neighborhood and committed such a crime,†said Paige Martin. This is the third case we have reported on in just a week, but as the Martins told us, there may be more.
“After the news program last night that there had been other cats killed, we decided that we needed to pursue it a little more,†explain Paige Martin. They called Animal Care Services Saturday morning, and an investigator rushed out. “The animal control person that came confirmed that it was somebody that did this,†said Keith Martin.
The investigator also said sunny wasn't the only victim. “He said this was the fourth confirmed case that we've had,†said Keith Martin. Now the Martins say they want to make people aware, so another pet owner doesn't have to make a grave discovery like this. The Martin's say they called Animal Care Services out of concern that someone is out on the streets, doing this to people's pets.
Another cat was found cut in half in a neighborhood on the North Side. People living on Encino River say it looked like someone drained the blood from the cat, and its heart was missing. With Halloween coming up, Animal Care Services is banning the adoptions of certain types of cats. Starting Monday, people will not be allowed to adopt cats that are black or white. That ban will run through the end of the month.
