Neighbour brutally killed our cat
We live rural and our cat was last seen in a paddock by our neighbours house in the morning on the way to drop the kids to school. He didn’t come home that afternoon.
Later that evening a Facebook post was made about a deceased cat that looked like our cat. The catch is that he was found 12km from our home. We have had him for 9 years and he has never roamed beyond the 6 or so paddocks that he hunts in on the farm. So for him to travel 12km in 7-8 hours just doesn’t make sense.
I went to pick him up and confirmed it was indeed him. Pretty sure our neighbours are responsible as the injuries are not consistent with a car crash but rather a sadistic form of harm inflicted by someone who has then driven across town and dumped his body.
They are our only neighbours and he was last seen near their home. What can we do here? I want to confront them and hold them to account. I can’t even bring myself to tell the kids he has passed as they will be absolutely devastated. I miss him so much and can’t get my head around how or why someone can do this to an innocent animal!!