Community concern
East end Truro residents feel there is something suspicious about the disappearance of cats in their neighbourhood.
truro What is happening to the cats from Truro’s east end?
Residents feel there is something suspicious about the number of pets that have gone missing the past few weeks.
“Momacat went missing about six weeks ago,” said Brunswick Street resident Andrea Munroe. “She’s 11 years old and stayed close to home. She didn’t even cross the road.”
Munroe said her children, who are three and seven, and grew up with the cat around, have been crying for her on a daily basis.
Momacat got her name because she was a stray who had kittens before being adopted. Since she went missing Andrea has been keeping their twoyear-old
cat Pekoe indoors, despite his attempts to get out.
“If our cat was the only one
missing it wouldn’t seem as strange but there are 13, and nine dogs,” she said. “What’s alarming and horrifying is that some people are saying cats may have been stolen to be used as bait for fighting dogs. I’m terrified to think my family cat could have met that fate.”
Truro police chief Dave MacNeil said there is no reason to think cats are missing as a result of criminal activity but they are monitoring things.
“We noticed flyers and social media posts about missing cats and we’ve started a file,” he said. “We’re tracking things. It may be nothing but it could be something.”
Missing animals should be reported to the police to help them monitor the situation, and to shelters and veterinary clinics. Any suspicious activity should also be reported to police.