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An animal sanctuary in Washington has offered a reward of $36,000 to anyone who can help identify an individual suspected of a string of cat mutilations across the state.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Listing of notorious serial killer among notable alumni angers university<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Some 13 animals have been found dead in Washington in recent times, with the last feline victim found on Thursday in Thurston County, near Olympia in the northwest of the state.<\/p>\n All of the cats have been found in public places, with the latest apparently surgically slit and splayed. In some cases, the cats\u2019 spines have been removed and in others, the organs have been laid out beside the body, according to The\u00a0New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cKind of like an arsonist goes back to the scene of fire. They want people to find these animals,\u201d<\/em> Thurston County Animal Services Officer Erika Johnson told the newspaper. \u201cIt\u2019s for shock value. It\u2019s like a trophy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Authorities believe the macabre acts have been done by the same person. There are few clues in the chase for the cat killer other than a surgical glove that was found at one of the scenes, and DNA that was found under the claws of one of the cats. \u00a0<\/p>\n The incidents have taken place over the last six months and now the animal shelter is offering a $36,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the individual responsible. Thurston police have also set up a 10-person task force to investigate the killings. If found, the perpetrator faces up to two years in prison for each cat killed.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Man arrested for decapitating 5 cats, but \u2018Croydon cat killer\u2019 may still be at large<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The case is similar to that of the so-called Croydon Cat Killer in south London. Around 400 cats have been found killed, dismembered and decapitated across the English capital since 2014. Metropolitan Police Detective Andy Collin told the BBC<\/a>\u00a0that he has no doubt the killer exists and is not just a series of copycats.<\/p>\n \u201cCats are targeted because they are associated with the feminine. The killer can\u2019t deal with a woman or women who are troubling him,\u201d<\/em> Collin said.<\/p>\n Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Via RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An animal sanctuary in Washington has offered a reward of $36,000 to anyone who can help identify an individual suspected of a string of cat mutilations across the state. READ MORE: Listing of notorious serial killer among notable alumni angers university Some 13 animals have been found dead in Washington in recent times, with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":375691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-375690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}