HOLYHEAD: Cruel yobs tie cat for dog attack

Cruel yobs tie cat for dog attack

SADISTIC yobs tied up a cat and allowed dogs to savage him.

Ginger-haired Oliver had a dog lead tied around his neck like a noose during his ordeal – which left him with teeth missing and bite wounds all over his body.

Last night, owners Alyson and Sam Pritchard, of Holyhead, put up a £1,000 reward to catch the sick gang.

They revealed how they became concerned after Oliver didn’t come home for two nights.

Then Alyson spotted a battered and bloodied Oliver in the grass in their garden.

A shocked Alyson, 48, said: “He was stood up in the grass and he had a bloodied leather leash which looked like a dog lead tied to his neck like a noose.

“I could see that there was blood on him. His leg was dangling. He had a swollen, bloody face, puncture wounds on his body and his teeth were missing.”

Alyson and husband Sam, 39, who have six children between them aged 12-24, rushed Oliver to the vet.

They also keep Rottweilers at their home in Cleveland Crescent, Holyhead,

“Oliver was in shock. He put him on a drip. He’d had a major beating. His skin was broken by dog bites.

“We can only believe he’s been held with the noose. Somebody has put that on him. That’s why it’s just so cruel.

“He lives with Rottweilers. If he hadn’t been held he wouldn’t have lost all his teeth. It’s sick what they have done to him.”

Oliver had been so badly treated that vets had to carry out an operation to insert a metal pin in his front leg.

He is on medication to stop the spread of infection on his open wounds on his chest.

They have put up a £1,000 reward for information which would lead to a conviction and will not allow Oliver to go out on his own again.

The RSPCA are appealing for information so that they can catch whoever is responsible.

RSPCA spokeswoman Judith Haw said: “We have to find out whose responsible, to prevent it happening to another animal. It’s not normal behaviour. This could be the first attack and there could be more.”

Inspector Sabina Dunkling added: “The fact that he returned home with a dog lead around his neck does indicate some deliberate act of cruelty has been inflicted on him.”

Ms Dunkling said: “We believe the dog that attacked would have been small to medium sized. The dog would have also sustained injuries such as bite wounds.

“I appeal to anyone with information to please get in contact with me. In the meantime I would warn other pet owners in this area to be wary of letting their animals out.”

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