Families have been left devastated after their cats died from ingesting poison.
The spate of incidents in Prestatyn led to a police investigation after several cats and a dog in the Lon Cadfan area died.
Carla Cousins-Hamlin’s two-year-old cat Polly was among them.
Speaking to the Daily Post, she said: “A few weeks ago, my 13-year-old son Harry found our cat out the back crying.
“When he picked her up, she was foaming at the mouth and had several fits.
“She died in so much pain and there was nothing we could do. We are heartbroken.
“We didn’t get time to take her to the vets before she died, but the vet did say it looked like she’d been poisoned.
“Harry still gets upset about it now. We are devastated.
“The police said there had been a few incidents in the area and think it’s anti-freeze being put inside food.
“I hope this stops. I don’t want anyone else to have to go through what we did.”
Dawn Wright’s three-year-old cat Tiny also died as a result of poisoning.
She said: “Around Saturday teatime, my daughter rang me to say the cat was dying.
“When I got back, she had already called the vets.
“When we arrived at the vets, the vet took him out of the box and said straight away that he’d been poisoned.
“We left Tiny with her as she was going to put him on a drip and we were told he had a 50/50 chance of surviving the night.
“We left and we hadn’t got very far up the road before we got a phone call to say he’d had a fit and passed away.
“I don’t know how anyone can do this.”
PC Dave Allen from North Wales Police’s rural crime team said: “Early indications point towards the animals having been poisoned, possibly with anti-freeze, but at this stage we are keeping an open mind on it being a deliberate act or accidental.
“I have visited the area but can find no trace of an obvious source or deliberate ‘trap’ or bait but our enquiries will continue.
“In the meantime, I’d ask local residents to check they have no chemical or other substance lying open in their gardens or outbuildings which may cause harm to pets, or to take preventative measures by either covering or disposing of it appropriately.”
Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101, quoting incident reference number U113486.
see-http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/heartbroken-prestatyn-families-left-devastated-11700688
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