Police investigation after cat stolen, shot and drowned in Leeds

Police are appealing for information after a cat was stolen, shot and drowned in Leeds.

West Yorkshire Police's wildlife team said that the cat was stolen from her home in Neville Avenue on November 25.

Sansa, a Bengal cat, was stolen from her home in Neville Avenue. She was found killed in a bag just off of Halton Moor Road. Photo provided by West Yorkshire Police Wildlife Team.placeholder image
Sansa, a Bengal cat, was stolen from her home in Neville Avenue. She was found killed in a bag just off of Halton Moor Road. Photo provided by West Yorkshire Police Wildlife Team.

The cat, which was a Bengal named Sansa, was found dead just off Halton Moor Round on Tuesday, November 30.

Officers said the cat was both drowned and shot.

A spokesman for the WYP wildlife team said: "On the 25th November Sansa a Bengal cat went missing from her home address on Neville Avenue, at Leeds.

"Sadly she was found yesterday in a bag on rough ground off Halton Moor Road.

"She had been shot and drowned."

Police are asking anyone with information to contact them via 101 and quote crime number 13210621011.

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