Bromley pet owner's 'feral' cat fears after animal attacks

8:10am Tuesday 25th September 2012 in Bromley By Robert Fisk

Sandra Cripps wants information about the 'feral' cat which attacked her pet Sandra Cripps wants information about the 'feral' cat which attacked her pet

A PET owner is fearing for animals’ lives after a spate of attacks by a ‘feral’ cat in her area.

Sandra Cripps found her bloodied 16-year-old cat Tia shaking in a bush in her garden in Cedar Road, Bromley, after being attacked last Saturday afternoon (September 22).

The animal had puncture wounds to the muscles on her left side and had to be sedated at the vet so they could stitch up her injuries and she is now too scared to go outside.

This attack came six weeks after her beloved pet was first attacked.

And Mrs Cripps says she has also seen a dead squirrel in her garden with the same puncture wounds as those sustained by her cat.

The 47-year-old said: “The cat just seems to bite and see what he can attack.

“My worst fear is that this big cat could kill my cat or maybe a kitten.

“He has had two attacks on Tia and hopefully he won’t get her again; because of the size of him it could have been much worse for her.

“The first attack was bad enough and the fur on that side has only just grown back and now all the fur has been taken off on her other side.”

The bills analyst says she has heard of other cats in the area also being attacked and wants to warn people about the danger.

She said: “It is a large tabby cat and terrorises the area.

“It looks like a feral cat but someone must own it.”

Mrs Cripps says the animal is a tabby male and double the size of her cat.

Anyone who thinks they recognise the animal or knows the owner should call Mrs Cripps on 07971 902388.

Comments(24)

Mangetout says...
9:23am Tue 25 Sep 12

Could it have been a fox? My Mum has had two cats killed by foxes in recent years one killing was witnessed by a neighbour. The other was heard just after a fox entered the greenery.

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Citygirl83 says...
11:01am Tue 25 Sep 12

Sorry but cats fight, not much you can do about it, sorry you cat was attacked and I hope they make a full recovery but not much else you can do to be honest.

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Bob Downondiss says...
11:46am Tue 25 Sep 12

It's a cat lady, they fight, get over it FFS you attention seeker.

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the wall says...
12:36pm Tue 25 Sep 12

Hysterical woman.

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bothered44 says...
1:08pm Tue 25 Sep 12

Slow news day in the Newshopper area...

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yogacat says...
7:50pm Tue 25 Sep 12

Oh please. Cat's fight end of. Don't start panicking the paranoid people of the world thinking there's a Killer "feral" on the loose!
Its probably just a poor neglected Tom cat that hasn't been lucky enough to have a caring person to take him in, have him castrated and an opportunity to have some attention in his life.
Call a decent charity like the Cats Protection League- who genuinely care- (not the rspca) and they will try and trap the cat, take him to a vet and get him the attention he needs bless him.

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beanie59 says...
9:11pm Tue 25 Sep 12

Bob and the wall get a life yourselves. i know this lady she is not hysterical nor needs to get a life. She is very caring animal lover. Her cat is old and did not fight it was attacked so take your nastiness somewhere else.
i am getting fed up with people like you who make negative comments all the time. The news shopper should start removing people like you.

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Bob Downondiss says...
9:56pm Tue 25 Sep 12

beanie59 I see you are an attention seeker too.

Now I have one thing more to say to you beanie.........Bob Downondiss.

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lord righteous says...
10:51pm Tue 25 Sep 12

“It looks like a feral cat but someone must own it.”
Def' of feral:- A feral cat is a descendant of a domesticated cat that has returned to the wild. It is distinguished from a stray cat, which is a pet cat that has been lost or abandoned, while feral cats are born in the wild. The offspring of a stray cat can be considered feral if born in the wild

So,nobody 'must own it'.

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lord righteous says...
10:53pm Tue 25 Sep 12

Mrs Cripps says the animal is a tabby male and double the size of her cat.
I think Mrs Cripps needs glasses or to stop exaggerating.

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hansmum says...
7:32am Wed 26 Sep 12

Elderly cats are a target to foxes & also to bigger younger cats. It does happen & you can hardly hold the owner responsible if there is one! Perhaps an ASBO for the agressor??

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PaulErith says...
9:17am Wed 26 Sep 12

I had a very old cat a few years ago. He was 20 when he died. In his younger days, he was a menace. Always going out and starting fights which he normally won. Other cats would get injuries. In his older days, he became a bit of a target and had several injuries due to losing fights. Basically, it happens! Cats fight. Some will win and some will lose.

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the wall says...
10:07am Wed 26 Sep 12

beanie59 wrote:
Bob and the wall get a life yourselves. i know this lady she is not hysterical nor needs to get a life. She is very caring animal lover. Her cat is old and did not fight it was attacked so take your nastiness somewhere else. i am getting fed up with people like you who make negative comments all the time. The news shopper should start removing people like you.
Well I don't agree with what you say but I will let you say it, because I believe everyone is allowed an opinion and a right to say it.

Unlike you, who don't agree in someone's opinion and want them banned because it up set you or doesn't tick your box of what is nice.

Get over yourself !

If you don't like something, stop reading, being offended on the net is self-elected angst.

Freedom of speech rules!

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dag says...
11:11am Wed 26 Sep 12

The vet can tell whether or not it's a fox bite. My cat was several times attacked by an undoctored male cat. She had to have lots of stitches in her back side at the time. Fortunately someone took this tom in and had him neutered and we had no more problems. Incidently we have a fox visit every day and he's very frightened of our 16 yr old cat.

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thylacine75 says...
7:51pm Wed 26 Sep 12

Cats??? Are they pets? Discuss. If you don't know where something is half the time, or what they are doing, then they are semi stray or feral anyway. Perhaps it's time to stop keeping them as pets. They don't fit in, crap everywhere and kill anything smaller than them. How can any animal lover keep a cat, when they do so much damage to other animals? Maybe get a guinea pig instead?

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ChitterChatter says...
1:48pm Thu 27 Sep 12

What a horrible and traumatic thing to have to witness, let alone the expense of the vets bills. I think people have taken her letting us know to be cautious wrongly and they are ridiculing her unnecessarily. She clearly loves cats/animals but why is that reason to mock? I'm sure she didn't want a whole article in the local paper but how else can she warn people of what the cat is capable of. I hope Tia gets better soon and Good Luck tracing the cat. :-) xx

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the wall says...
4:15pm Thu 27 Sep 12

ChitterChatter wrote:
What a horrible and traumatic thing to have to witness, let alone the expense of the vets bills. I think people have taken her letting us know to be cautious wrongly and they are ridiculing her unnecessarily. She clearly loves cats/animals but why is that reason to mock? I'm sure she didn't want a whole article in the local paper but how else can she warn people of what the cat is capable of. I hope Tia gets better soon and Good Luck tracing the cat. :-) xx
You're new to the interweb/this site aren't you ?

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Gypo.Joe says...
9:02pm Thu 27 Sep 12

"ridiculing her"

Do what ? No never !!

As if we would.

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Make Life says...
9:44pm Thu 27 Sep 12

its a cat, they go out and there is a chance that they get attacked. its the same with any animal or person come to that. if you dont want the cat getting attacked then dont let it out. you should have learnt the first time.

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Marty1979 says...
6:50pm Fri 28 Sep 12

Gypo.Joe wrote:
"ridiculing her"

Do what ? No never !!

As if we would.
Never know you ridicule anyone Joe....

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Gypo.Joe says...
7:11pm Fri 28 Sep 12

Only idiots Marty, only idiots.

They do seem to be in abundance on here though at times.

Its not us though, its the others. ;)

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beanie59 says...
9:27am Sat 29 Sep 12

Bob no I am not an attention seeker if I was i would be commenting on every article in the news shopper. The Wall yes there is freedom of speech but one should not say nasty comments/mock people when they do not even know the person/situation. the attack was witnessed by Mrs Cripps husband. Their cat was calmly sitting under a bush when the "feral" jumped on it and ripped a hole in its side. second time in six weeks. The news shopper would not have published it if they did not thik it wasnt news that some of the public may be interested in.

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the wall says...
3:19pm Mon 1 Oct 12

beanie59 wrote:
Bob no I am not an attention seeker if I was i would be commenting on every article in the news shopper. The Wall yes there is freedom of speech but one should not say nasty comments/mock people when they do not even know the person/situation. the attack was witnessed by Mrs Cripps husband. Their cat was calmly sitting under a bush when the "feral" jumped on it and ripped a hole in its side. second time in six weeks. The news shopper would not have published it if they did not thik it wasnt news that some of the public may be interested in.
Why ? Because you say so?

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Guess who ;) AGAIN ! says...
3:53pm Mon 1 Oct 12

I just wonder how many times in any given day a cat gets attacked by another cat in the UK.

Maybe we need to set up a special police unit to combat this crime/s against moggies.

Yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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