Cat owner After the new figures are revealed, there has been warning to be additional vigilant domestic animal Getting fast Targeted by weapons Such as air gun.
data from RSPCA It was found that such attacks had increased by 30 percent in the last year, in which 70 incidents were marked. to charity In 2024.
The events have seen cats like Mostrton in the Dorset, unable to use their vertebral left legs after being fractured by an air rifle shot at the back.
A black rescue cat from Liverpool was found shouting in pain after being found with five air gun pellets in June, after disappearing from his house for two days.
RSPCA Wildlife Partnership Manager Geoff Edmund said that while these attacks are probably “laughing”, they cause “terrible pain and pain” for animals.
Charity stated that other weapons used to harm animals also had a bounce, which caused pets and farm animals to hurt guns, cattle and crossbow.
“Arms attacks on animals are frightening, but what we see is only the possibility of iceberg’s tip,” he said.
“There is a lot of concern about the increasing incidence of cattle attacks on wild birds such as swans, but the air gun remains even the most possible weapons used on an animal.
“It is completely unacceptable to shoot animals for ‘fun’ or to harm them for target practice, but sadly we have received about 500 reports about all types of weapons attacks on animals in the last three years.”
By the end of June this year, in 2023, compared to the same period, RSPCA was doubled in several incidents reported.
New charity data suggests that between 2022 and 2024, RSPCA had 497 incidents, including air guns, catapults and crossbos used to target all types of animals.
It stated that an incident included a moorhene and a swan, who was killed after being shot with a ball bearing from catapults in April, which was in a pond from the Castler Drive in Greenhith.
A woodpigan in South Okendon, Essex was also kept for gold after being found with a seriously injured wing. An X-ray affected a ball from a cattle inherent in his body.
Counties with the most incidents over a period of three years were Kents with 32 and Greater London with 31.
“After the day, our frontline authorities and animal centers are seen to be sick results of weapons used on animals – including serious injuries, often leading to death,” said Mr. Edmund.
“We can do all things to change. More and more police forces by looking at the worrying levels of weapons related incidents- those involved in those who have been included- we are helping to develop Operation Lakecrote, a police and partner-led initiative. It was initially established by the Essex Police and the Micro-Police Police, but is now growing against these concerns.
Charity has initiated its ‘Summer Cruelty Appeal’ in light of an increase in attacks, raising funds to support animals that experience cruelty – including victims of arms attacks.