They are all very common house cats, no purebred felines with a precious pedigree.
They have now become about fifty and nothing more is known about them.
Fifty animals disappeared from the homes of as many residents of the area of Santa Maria del Piano, in the municipality of Lesignano Bagni, center of the province of Parma.
The Gazzetta di Parma received the complaint from a veterinary in the area who has been putting together the reports since the end of May. "The disappearing cats are all owned cats, used to staying at home and making a few forays into the garden before returning", says Dr. Luana Giusti. Excluding the motive for the theft to resell them, since they are common cats, they are not even traffic accidents, since none of the missing animals were later found, neither dead nor alive.
"It almost always happens in the evening - says the veterinary Luana Giusti - sometimes even two or three disappear in the same hours. But no one has ever managed to see anything strange".
A few years ago, still in the area, a person was identified by the carabinieri who stole cats for the training of fighting dogs. But the track does not seem to be able to be traced back to the disappearances of this summer. Carabinieri, forestry and the local police are now investigating the matter.
