RSPCA investigate after threatening note left on cat bound in cable ties in Melbourne

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RSPCA investigate after threatening note left on cat bound in cable ties in Melbourne

The RSPCA is investigating after a pet cat was found bound with cable ties and covered in a green substance with a note attached to it which warned "keep your cat locked up or else".The cat's owner told the RSPCA the cable ties were bound very tightly to the cat's neck, tail and leg when it was found in the suburb of Research in Melbourne's north-east last month. H Type Wire Cable Strap Series

The cat had been let out of its home early in the morning and returned home two hours later bound, with the cable ties and covered in an "unknown green substance".Karen Collier, an RSPCA Victoria inspector, said the cable ties were "extremely tight" and could have caused permanent damage to the cat"They were restricting the blood flow in those areas," she said.

"If they'd been left and not removed and restricted the blood flow for an extended period of time, that may have started to cause death in the tissues underneath."She said physical abuse inflicted on cats who have strayed into neighbouring backyards is quite common."Unfortunately, we do receive regular reports of abuse to cats that have wandered away from home," Ms Collier said."They are often subjected to cruelty such as illegal traps, being locked in sheds or under houses and being shot with rifles or bows."

Heat-resistant Ty-Rap cable ties traveled with the Colonel Brothers as they pounded their race buggies through the brutal 9,000-km (5,600-mile) Dakar Rally in South America in 2017. They hold engine cables on high-performance Formula 1 race cars in Europe. Ty-Rap cable ties bind cables in searing solar power farms and on weather-lashed wind generators all over the world. They help keep deep-ocean drilling rigs operating smoothly. And the toughest variety, the ETFE, sits on the surface of Mars holding cables on NASA's Martian land rovers.