09/10/2021 2:31 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 09/10/2021 3:17 PM
In Lesignano, a town in the Parma region, cats disappear: in fact, there
have been at least 50 cases for almost four months.
The first disappearance occurred at the end of May and then it was thought that it was the classic escape of a cat
or, worse still, that the animal had ended up badly at a crossing of some route in the region.
But then the number of cats that never returned home spread, day after day
, and so far about 50 missing felines have already been reported.
They are the different Menelik, Nerina, Malfi, Zorro, Mia, Ronny, Mimi and even Bianchetta, a ten-month-old kitten who disappeared in the air on September 3, and who live in the area of
Santa Maria del Piano, a town in the municipality of Lesignano Bagni, in the province of Parma.
There are at least 50 cases for almost four months.
Within a few hundred meters of radio
, the cats disappeared from the gardens, the sidewalks and the gates, taken by strangers
who almost always act in the afternoon.
The number of missing cats has been recorded in recent months by
Luana Giusti, a veterinarian in the country.
The forest police and the local police are also constantly updated on new disappearances.
Dr. Giusti filed a complaint and began to follow the case:
"I began to take care of the matter when my cats disappeared. I discovered, immediately afterwards, that others had disappeared.
We opened a chat-group in the country where many others have begun to arrive. reports".
The cats disappeared from the gardens, the sidewalks and the gates, taken by strangers who almost always act in the afternoon.
On how the cats disappeared, Giusti explained:
"They are cats with different habits, therefore the disappearances do not have all the same modalities."
The disappeared, according to the veterinarian told the Gazzetta di Parma "are all domestic cats, none of them purebred.
They are of any age, both male and female, many with microchips and then registered."
Police investigations are already underway in this regard, a possible black market in cats appears as the main hypothesis.
Meanwhile, the owners of the animals went from anguish to a thirst for revenge and justice,
so neighborhood patrols begin to prepare to face the mysterious cat thieves.
Neighbors seek to catch cat kidnappers.
Not even the mayor's cat is saved
Some residents of the country began to organize into groups to identify any suspicious cars.
But the cats keep disappearing.
"Even two or three in the same hours. In addition, no one has heard of meows, fighting noises, signs of deaths found or some corpses. Nothing at all,"
said the specialist.
Even the Mayor of the town, Sabrina Alberini, is a victim: "
My two cats are also missing. Strange situation. The two main things are, immediately report the disappearance of the cats to the police
and then report any suspicious movements."
In the area, however, there is a disturbing precedent:
"In Lesignano, a few years ago, we had a person identified by the police who stole cats to train fighting dogs,"
recalled Emanuela Zoppi, owner of Mimi, one of the cats. Lost In this context, police investigations are already underway.
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