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THE GREAT PIE CHALLENGE: The Burleigh’s Jane Dickenson, left, and Pie Challenge organiser Fiona Fenwick closely examine a Burleigh pie in the buildup to this year’s challenge. Full story on page 5. Photo: Anthony Phelps/Phelps Photography.
Police investigate cat killings Paula Hulburt
Pets are being killed and poisoned in a series of deliberate and cruel attacks. Cats in in Blenheim are being targeted prompting a police investigation it has been revealed.
Redwoodtown residents in Blenheim yesterday received a letter from police appealing for information about the ongoing abuse. Officers are also looking for people who think their cats may have been deliberately hurt to come forward in a bid to catch
locally owned and operated
the culprit. The move comes after a series of attacks on cats and a rise in the number of pets being reported missing. “Recently, and in the past, cats have been targeted in your area. Some have been injured and
some poisoned,” the letter reads. “We have received a number of reports recently of cats being injured and on several occasions the animal was hit by a person with an air rifle. “This is a serious offence and persons found committing acts
of cruelty to animals face a maximum of five years imprisonment along with firearms charges.” Blenheim woman Brenda Green’s cat was shot in June with a high velocity slug gun which
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