Something weird is going down in Waynesboro, Virginia. A rogue cat-shaver is on the loose.
Cat owners are distressed by a recent spate of shavings: Their furry friends are being shaved without their consent. The perpetrator abducts the cats, shaves their bellies and legs, and then lets them go unharmed.
It’s a small-town mystery that’s made national headlines. According to Fox News:
Police Capt. Kelly Walker said Friday that all of the cats were well-groomed, had collars and clearly had owners. He said police are not sure what crime has been committed, but the pet owners “would just like it to stop.” Police initially believed proactive citizens may have been taking the cats to be spayed or neutered, according to WVIR, but later dismissed those suspicions when the same felines were victims of multiple instances of unwanted grooming.
So far, at least seven cats have been shaved and set free. Residents have posted flyers around their town, calling for any information on who is using clippers on their kitties.
NBC 29 spoke with one of the cat owners, who said of her beloved, freshly-shaven Tigerlily:
“It hurts, because she can’t tell me. I know it probably hurt her, probably not physically, but mentally that has to be really hard on her. She doesn’t want to be picked up anymore. She used to be really nice and you could pick her up and hold her and everything, and now she just doesn’t want to be picked up anymore.”
Feel better soon, Tigerlily.
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