Overview
- Guardia Civil detained the suspect and presented him to judicial authorities in Villaluenga de la Sagra after a surge in cat deaths over the past year.
- Investigators located bowls with suspected toxic water in a town park and in the patio of the suspect’s home, near several dead cats.
- Authorities link more than 100 fatalities in the last year, including about 50 in the past four months, to a single pattern under investigation.
- A local resident’s complaint about unusual die-offs triggered the probe, citing signs consistent with poisoning based on medical expertise.
- The man is under investigation for a continued crime of animal abuse as necropsy and toxicology analyses proceed.