Talk:Croydon Cat Killer

Links
Fences &amp;  Windows  21:23, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
 * http://snarl.org.uk/press-release-general-update/
 * http://snarl.org.uk/tag/croydon-cat-killer/
 * http://www dot thepetitionsite dot com/en-gb/889/712/106/urge-the-south-london-police-to-take-urgent-action-to-stop-a-cat-killer/ (blacklisted)
 * http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cat-killer-croydon-london-100-fear-mutilated-a6998421.html
 * http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/locals-fear-that-croydon-cat-killer-may-start-attacking-humans-next-a6771936.html
 * http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/15/south-london-residents-work-with-police-to-find-serial-animal-killer
 * http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35959306/cat-killer-strikes-again-as-pet-called-lulu-is-decapitated-in-kingston-london
 * http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36007125
 * http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35082761
 * http://news.sky.com/story/1645237/croydon-cat-ripper-may-be-keeping-trophies
 * https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/croydon-cat-killer-snarl
 * http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/mutilated-family-cat-lulu-feared-to-be-latest-victim-of-croydon-cat-killer-a3217801.html
 * http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/cat-found-dead-in-richmond-believed-to-be-latest-victim-of-croydon-cat-killer-a3197986.html
 * http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/material-test-DNA-murdered-Croydon-cats-enquiries/story-28743756-detail/story.html
 * http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Cat-owner-heartbroken-year-old-cat-dead-tail/story-28618721-detail/story.html
 * http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Auction-fund-probe-local-cat-killer/story-28671748-detail/story.html
 * http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Croydon-Cat-Killer-bodies-police-begin-lean/story-28892162-detail/story.html
 * http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Company-unprecedented-demand-Croydon-Cat-Killer/story-29062002-detail/story.html
 * http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Decapitated-cat-Thornton-Heath-sparks-renewed/story-29089034-detail/story.html
 * http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/New-Addington-mum-left-heartbroken-pet-cat/story-22951973-detail/story.html
 * http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/8203-Animal-rights-group-warning-pet-owners-cats/story-28605907-detail/story.html
 * http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/8203-MAP-bodies-dead-mutilated-cats-Croydon/story-28348890-detail/story.html
 * http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/14315748._Breakthrough__in_hunt_for_so_called_Croydon_cat_killer_after_Crystal_Palace_deaths/
 * http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/14407764.Fears_of__Croydon_cat_killer__in_Bromley_as_pet_Merlin_beheaded_in_Petts_Wood/
 * http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/lewisham/14419012.Croydon_cat_killer__Reports_of_pet__murdered__in_Forest_Hill__days_after_Petts_Wood_death/
 * http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/Bromley/14430308._Like_something_out_of_a_horror_movie___Forest_Hill_cat_owner_tells_of_shock_after_pet_mutilated/
 * http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/crime-court/cat_ripper_feared_to_be_at_large_in_archway_after_five_month_old_kitten_is_found_dead_1_4497559
 * http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/14417550.Cat_found_decapitated_in_Thornton_Heath___has_the_Croydon_cat_killer_struck_again_
 * http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/14401822.M25_cat_killer_strikes_again__Decapitated_cat_found_outside_owners_home_in_Kingston/?ref=mr&lp=17
 * http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/topstories/14401822._We_feel_totally_violated___Decapitated_pet_found_in_Kingston_believed_to_be_latest_victim_of_cat_killer/
 * http://www.swlondoner.co.uk/people-feel-invaded-south-norwood-pet-detectives-vow-catch-infamous-croydon-cat-killer/
 * http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/06/croydon-cat-killer-is-deliberately-running-cats-over-before-decapitating-them-5737087/
 * http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/14039769._Croydon_cat_killers__could_have_struck_nearly_30_times_in_last_two_years__animal_activists_fear/
 * http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/croydonnews/13899265.Cat_owners_told_to_keep_pets_indoors_over_fears_of_machete_wielding_killer_who_keeps_body_parts_as__trophies_/
 * http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/13809893.Fears_of_sick_serial_killer_as_beloved_cat_found_dumped__in_pieces__on_doorstep/
 * http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Fears-Croydon-s-serial-cat-killer-struck/story-11365726-detail/story.html (2008 case)

Pending links
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/croydon-cat-ripper-butchering-six-felines-week-imitators-spread-across-uk-1589951

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/has-the-infamous-uk-cat-killer-come-to-sheffield-1-8220037 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zirukurt01 (talk • contribs) 00:53, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 August 2017
Please add a paragraph after: "By July 2016, the media and SNARL had begun referring to the attacker as the "M25 Cat Killer", after new reports, including a cat killed in Whyteleafe, Surrey, suggested the killer was operating around the M25 motorway.[21] After reports of animal deaths in Maidstone, Sevenoaks and seven other locations, SNARL adopted the terms "M25 Animal Killer" and "UK Cat Killer".[22][23]"

Stating that:

By April 2017 a spokeswoman from SNARL reported that "signature mutilations" found on the bodies of deceased animals suggested the same killer or killers were targeting birds, rabbits and foxes as well as cats. The taskforce began using #UKAnimalKiller to align with this new information. Peta and Outpaced offered a combined £10,000 reward for information leading to the "arrest and conviction of the person/s responsible for the killing and mutilation of cats and foxes in the Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Manchester, Birmingham, St Albans and Northamptonshire areas."

Source: http://uknip.co.uk/2017/04/10k-reward-offered-to-catch-m25-cat-killer/ CatSuDeMo (talk) 13:08, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. This does not appear like a reliable source to me. Any users watching this page want to confirm? jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 00:45, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

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List of killings proposed deletion
Now that it is pretty much settled that the killer does not exist I think the list of supposed killings should be deleted for the following reasons; This list is incomplete, the information is largely repeated elsewhere in the article and it largely comes from the SNARL organisation. Some allege SNARL to have be partially responsible for blowing the cat killer story out of proportion and making spurious claims over the scale of cat deaths. I don’t know about this one way or the other but they appear to be a biased and unreliable source. Nacentaeons (talk) 19:23, 21 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I agree that the detailed list of cat deaths is irrelevant if the explanation is cars+foxes. I've removed it. If anyone wants to refer to it, it's still preserved in the page history. -- The Anome (talk) 10:48, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Description of alleged killer section
To me this section is now redundant also. The alleged description came from SNARL - as noted above a biased and unreliable source. If required the second paragraph regarding Det. Sgt. Collin's "motives" of killer could be rolled into the investigation section. Londonclanger (talk) 19:31, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Update May 2019
There seems to be new information, new investigation has been launched, I think the article should be updated as currently it alleges that there was no killer. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7102269/Croydon-cat-killer-moved-Brighton-Sussex-Police-launch-investigation-cat-murders-area.html 78.84.3.16 (talk) 15:22, 4 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Indeed it seems that there never was any killer in the first place: see this paper on the matter for a detailed analysis. -- The Anome (talk) 16:06, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

is it possible that humans were interfering after the foxes had killed them?
If what Boudicca Rising says here is true about the collars and the head nailed to the door, that doesn't mean there was a human killer - it could just be a sick person finding the head etc. I am also curious about her claims to be an 'expert'.https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18775588/croydon-cat-killer-theory-foxes-police-wrong/ This article is interesting too -https://www.theweek.co.uk/94260/who-is-the-croydon-cat-killer. 94.197.168.107 (talk) 10:16, 22 July 2022 (UTC)