During the night of February 28 to 29, 2024, individuals entered the premises of the association, located in a remote house, behind the Sainte Eugénie activity zone.
The criminals forced the gate, then the front door.
Once inside, they got their hands on the 1,000 euro kibble kit and they went after the laptop before visibly getting angry at the cats.
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Three cats were found dead behind the buildings.
They received blows, probably kicks.
Kitty, seriously injured in the stomach, was operated on twice but eventually died from her serious injuries.
The autopsy of the attacked cats is unambiguous.
All died from internal bleeding.
We can therefore think that they received violent blows and that the animals fled to die somewhere away,” explains Olivier Favaro, president of the association created in 2018 to resolve the problem of ever-increasing stray cats. in this town near Perpignan.
Tokyo is missing
In addition to the four animals killed, it remains to find Tokyo, an adult cat missing since the night of the massacre at the shelter.
“We launched a poster campaign among merchants and on social networks to find him,” continues the president, who filed a complaint with the Soler brigade.
The procedure was reclassified as “theft and acts of torture of domestic animals resulting in death”.
For the moment, the investigations carried out have not made it possible to identify the barbarians of the last night of February.
During this time solidarity is very real.
“We feel very supported, on social networks, on the phone and through donations,” finally adds Olivia Fravalo.
Nearly 500 people joined the Leetchi online fundraiser to finance repairs to the vandalized premises.