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Oct 10 2005 5 Comments

Feline ferocity

With Japan’s rapidly ageing population, I suppose it’s a sad truth that more and more cases of neglect and mistreatment will make the news. Although that said, I didn’t expect this story involving the removal of several finger and toenails to be relegated to a minor, if admittedly unpleasant, incident.

Yet that seems to be the case, as on Saturday at an old people’s home in Saitama, an 88-year-old woman had the toes on her right foot bitten off. The senile dementia sufferer found in her room with all five toes missing.

An open window and bloody paw prints on the floor led workers at the home to hunt down the compound’s cat. A suspicion that was confirmed when the ferocious feline was captured, blood still around its mouth.

nasty cat

A sickening tale and no mistake; arguably made even more disturbing by the fact that the victim was asleep throughout the whole ordeal.

Categorized: Odd

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  1. englishman says

    10/10/2005 at 8:22 pm

    she must be completely mad to let a cat do that to her. oh wait a minute, she is!

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  2. Jack Hartley says

    10/11/2005 at 10:22 am

    That’s freaky on so many levels.

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  3. Gene says

    10/12/2005 at 2:31 pm

    And I thought I was a heavy sleeper…

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  4. hazinSon says

    11/24/2005 at 10:48 pm

    yarrak gibin bi sey bu olm

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  5. paulina says

    6/1/2006 at 2:34 am

    better feed mars his fancy feast…

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