A spate of cat killings has stirred uncomfortable memories in Saitama, near Tokyo, which in recent years jailed a cat killer who tortured several animals and posted videos of his actions online.
The first grim discovery came when a woman found the severed head and paws of a brown speckled cat as she walked along the banks of the Arakawa River in Saitama City, Japan. Days later, what police believe was the rest of the body turned up on the grounds of an elementary school. Within 10 days, by the end of February, members of the public had discovered two more mutilated cat carcasses, one in a field and another on the side of a small town road.
A Saitama police spokesperson told CNN that they had launched animal cruelty investigations and were looking into whether the various cat killings were linked. It is a crime to kill or injure animals in Japan – punishable with prison terms of up to five years or fines of around 5 million yen . One woman in her 80s told NHK she felt “scared and uncomfortable” at hearing the news about the cat killings – but the concerns go beyond those raised over animal welfare.
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