WASHINGTON — Anyone who has owned a cat knows how persnickity they can be. They don’t like to be cornered, pet, picked up or even brushed when they don’t want to be.
So who is shaving the cats in this British Columbia neighborhood?
One family is baffled that their 12-year-old cat, Tabby, has been coming home with parts of her fur completely shaved over the past few months. According to a story in the聽,听Jo Jo Yarjau found her cat with a “perfect square” shaved on her belly after being outside. The cat was irritable, fussy and not herself. This happened two more times, with the last one the worst: the cat’s nipples were cut.
鈥淧eople have been saying to just keep her inside, said Yarjau. “Well, you can鈥檛 do that with an outside cat. She鈥檒l go crazy. She鈥檚 12. You can鈥檛 just do that all of a sudden.鈥�
Yarjau, 18, put out a call on social media and learned that the same thing was happening to other cats in her otherwise quiet neighborhood.
鈥淲e only let her out at night now,鈥� she tells the local paper, 鈥渂ecause it鈥檚 never happened at night. She鈥檚 not allowed to wander during the day anymore, because one day she just might not come back.鈥�
Yarjau wonders how the rogue groomer is getting at her beloved pet in the first place.聽鈥淪he won鈥檛 come up to people. She鈥檚 not one of those cats,鈥� Yarjau says. 聽鈥淲hoever it is must be luring her with food so they can do this to her.鈥�
