Police in Southern Iceland have been unable to solve the mysterious mass deaths of cats in the town of Hveragerði in Southern Iceland. Local residents believe the cats were poisoned. Fish which seems to have been laced with antifreeze has been found around town.
Police investigate suspicious cat-deaths
Early August the Police in Southern Iceland opened an investigation into the suspicious deaths of cats in Hveragerði. At least six cats had died under suspicious circumstances in a short period of time. The cats seemed to have been fed fish which had been bathed in antifreeze.
Read more: Mysterious deaths of cats in Hveragerði village: Locals fear foul play
Originally it was thought the deaths might be accidental, as some speculated someone had intended to kill seagulls with poisoned fish the cats had gotten to by accident. However, when an inside cat became sick local residents began suspecting someone was intentionally feeding cats poisoned fish. The cat’s owner told the local news site visir.is that he believed someone had fed his cat through a crack on a window.
A bounty on a suspected cat-killer
The local newspaper DV now reports that Hveragerði residents have in past days discovered poisoned blue-coloured fish lying around town, suggesting whoever left the anti-freeze laced fish earlier this summer is back. DV also argues the cat-deaths in Hveragerði carry strong similarities to an unexplained cat death in Sandgerði this fall.
One local resident has offered a bounty on the suspected cat-killer, offering 20,000 ISK (150 USD/140 EUR) to anyone who can offer information which might lead to the capturing of whoever is behind the poisonings.
Police in Southern Iceland have been unable to solve the mysterious mass deaths of cats in the town of Hveragerði in Southern Iceland. Local residents believe the cats were poisoned. Fish which seems to have been laced with antifreeze has been found around town.
Police investigate suspicious cat-deaths
Early August the Police in Southern Iceland opened an investigation into the suspicious deaths of cats in Hveragerði. At least six cats had died under suspicious circumstances in a short period of time. The cats seemed to have been fed fish which had been bathed in antifreeze.
Read more: Mysterious deaths of cats in Hveragerði village: Locals fear foul play
Originally it was thought the deaths might be accidental, as some speculated someone had intended to kill seagulls with poisoned fish the cats had gotten to by accident. However, when an inside cat became sick local residents began suspecting someone was intentionally feeding cats poisoned fish. The cat’s owner told the local news site visir.is that he believed someone had fed his cat through a crack on a window.
A bounty on a suspected cat-killer
The local newspaper DV now reports that Hveragerði residents have in past days discovered poisoned blue-coloured fish lying around town, suggesting whoever left the anti-freeze laced fish earlier this summer is back. DV also argues the cat-deaths in Hveragerði carry strong similarities to an unexplained cat death in Sandgerði this fall.
One local resident has offered a bounty on the suspected cat-killer, offering 20,000 ISK (150 USD/140 EUR) to anyone who can offer information which might lead to the capturing of whoever is behind the poisonings.
