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The organisation leading the hunt for the Croydon Cat Killer have handed a list of nine potential suspects' names to police, according to reports.

South Norwood Animal Rescue and Liberty (SNARL), which is run by Boudicca Rising and Tony Jenkins, told the Express it had built up a detailed list of potential suspects.

"The nine people on our list of suspects all live in the London area and police are aware of the names,” Ms Rising told the newspaper.

"Over the years we have had 50 people on the list but we have now ruled a lot of them out. We are at a good point in the investigation."

A cat was reportedly mutilated in Hounslow last Tuesday (August 21), to become the latest victim linked to the case.

The amount of cats now linked to the killer by SNARL is well over 400.

Mr Jenkins and Ms Rising now believe it is possible the attacker has an accomplice who may provide transport, the paper reported.

Ms Rising said: "We can’t rule out that we have two people working very closely together. From a psychological point of view, serial killers often work in twos.

"One of the interesting things about duos is they actually need two personality types. One is dominant and one is submissive – but both will be interested in sadism.

"They start killing together. Normally the main aggressor, the dominant one, is caught and then the other one won’t offend again."

According to SNARL's files, the killer has mutilated around 400 cats, 60 foxes and up to 50 rabbits, some of which were taken from locked garden hutches.

"This guy knows his stuff. He doesn’t walk down roads where there could be CCTV," said Ms Rising.

"The killer often returns to the scene of his attacks, instilling fear in the minds of homeowners."

Mr Rising added: "He enjoys spreading terror, which is really worrying."

The Met Police, however, recently suggested that there might not even be a cat killer, saying that their official line now is that someone is mutilating cats after death rather than actively killing them.

Ms Rising and Mr Jenkins, however, remain convinced the animals are being killed by a human, rather than foxes or cars.

Most recently, Ms Rising has admitted that due to a lack of funding, it is becoming more and more difficult to keep the operation going.

She said: "We don’t get any public grants and we rely on my salary and anything else we can get in.

"We need funds because we are running this investigation full time and Tony is in the car 12 hours a day."

When asked if the investigation is at risk of ending if funds aren’t raised, Ms Rising said: "There is a danger."

But she emphasised that she and her partner would do everything they possibly can to keep the investigation going.

What do we know about the cat killer?

Victims have been discovered across the country but many have been found in and around Croydon.

Whoever is responsible has been dubbed the Croydon Cat Killer and DS Andy Collin, the officer previously in charge of the cat killer investigation, previously said he believes they come from or have strong links to Addiscombe.

(Image: Grant Melton)

There has been concern expressed before that the killer could turn their attention to targeting humans.

It has also been stated previously that there could be more than one killer, with a copycat having been inspired by the initial murders.

Although their official line has now changed, police have previously said they cannot rule out the possibility of there being more than one killer,

And there have been suggestions that whoever is behind the deaths could have warped sexual fantasies.