'Massacre' of black cats shocks Marseille locals
The Local France - [email protected]
Published: 3 Aug, 2015 CET.
Updated: Mon 3 Aug 2015 12:49 CET
A woman who feeds local cats in a Marseille housing block has been left horrified after the gruesome killing of black cats in the area - leaving her to wonder if a neighbour is "very superstitious".
Over the last two months, seven black cats have stopped showing up for their daily meals at a Marseille housing block.
Some have been found with signs they were killed in a horrific manner while others have just vanished. One was found cut in half, some crushed, and the tail of one was found in a feeding bowl.
"Now I'm always apprehensive when I'm giving food to the cats," Marie-José Canetti, pictured below, told Le Parisien newspaper.
"It makes me feel sick to the stomach."
#Marseille: un serial killer de chats noirs sévit-il dans cette résidence ? http://t.co/rkUermevcO #chats #faitdivers pic.twitter.com/FlNl8uibbz
— La Provence (@laprovence) August 1, 2015
She said she had no idea who among the hundreds of residents was responsible for what the paper dubbed "a massacre" - but she had her suspicions.
"Perhaps its a person who doesn't like animals and thinks there are too many cats. Or it could be a very superstitious person."
As in many other countries around the world, black cats are considered by some in France to bring bad luck.
Canetti has since filed a police report over the apparent black cat serial killer.
The sheer gruesomeness of the attacks, coupled with the fact that the killings have occurred in what is usually a peaceful neighbourhood, has seen the local mayor chiming in over the weekend.
"If there is a raging psychopath out there, everything must be done to stop them and keep them out of harm's way," he told Le Parisien.
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Over the last two months, seven black cats have stopped showing up for their daily meals at a Marseille housing block.
Some have been found with signs they were killed in a horrific manner while others have just vanished. One was found cut in half, some crushed, and the tail of one was found in a feeding bowl.
"Now I'm always apprehensive when I'm giving food to the cats," Marie-José Canetti, pictured below, told Le Parisien newspaper.
"It makes me feel sick to the stomach."
#Marseille: un serial killer de chats noirs sévit-il dans cette résidence ? http://t.co/rkUermevcO #chats #faitdivers pic.twitter.com/FlNl8uibbz
— La Provence (@laprovence) August 1, 2015
She said she had no idea who among the hundreds of residents was responsible for what the paper dubbed "a massacre" - but she had her suspicions.
"Perhaps its a person who doesn't like animals and thinks there are too many cats. Or it could be a very superstitious person."
As in many other countries around the world, black cats are considered by some in France to bring bad luck.
Canetti has since filed a police report over the apparent black cat serial killer.
The sheer gruesomeness of the attacks, coupled with the fact that the killings have occurred in what is usually a peaceful neighbourhood, has seen the local mayor chiming in over the weekend.
"If there is a raging psychopath out there, everything must be done to stop them and keep them out of harm's way," he told Le Parisien.
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