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RSPCA issues plea for help to solve WA's most disturbing animal cruelty cases
Hannah BarryPublished: June 23 2017 - 9:54AM
RSPCA WA has appealed for public assistance to help solve several high profile disturbing acts of animal cruelty, including a case where a man was video-taped smiling while holding a cat that had been skinned alive.
Despite the widespread publicity surrounding the cases over the last eighteen months, the offenders had still not been found.
The organisation highlighted a case from August last year, when footage of a man smiling while holding a skinned cat was released by WA Police in a bid to locate the alleged offender.
The man in the video has still not been identified.
RSPCA WA chief inspector Amanda Swift said it was disturbing to think these perpetrators had still not been brought to justice, and the organisation would continue to highlight cases where offenders had seemingly walked free.
"I find it very concerning that the people who committed these disgusting acts of cruelty are still walking around our communities, and have not yet been apprehended," Ms Swift said.
The organisation was also still looking to solve a case where a Lake Clifton resident found his cow with an arrow stuck in its side on an Old Bunbury Farm.
A cow has been put down after being shot by an arrow. Photo: RSPCA WA
Inspectors determined the cow had been deliberately shot, and later had to be euthanised.
"They could, potentially, be harming other innocent animals; thinking that because they haven't been caught yet they can get away with it," Ms Swift said.
"We rely heavily on the WA community to be our eyes and ears on the ground, and to report animal cruelty when they see it or hear about it."
The RSPCA has also called for anyone in the area of Porter Street and Baird Street in Collie before 11.50am on June 14 last year to come forward, after a Collie resident found a puppy dumped in a black bag on a vacant block of land.
The puppy found dumped in Collie. Photo: RSPCA
The puppy was found emaciated and flea-ridden, and was taken to a local vet for immediate treatment. Inspectors have failed to find who dumped the animal.
"If anybody does know anything about these cases, even if it seems minor, we urge you to report that information so that we can find the persons responsible and get justice for the animals subjected to these disturbing acts," Ms Swift said.
The RSPCA is still looking for the person responsible for dumping this puppy. Photo: RSPCA
Information relating to any act of animal cruelty should be reported immediately to the RSPCA's 24-hour Cruelty Hotline on 1300 278 358.
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