THE RSPCA is offering a $5000 reward to help catch the person responsible for the mutilation and death of a cat during an arson attack today at an Arundel, Gold Coast property.

The cat had been decapitated, its four paws cut off and its blood used to write a threatening message on the garage door of a house.

RSPCA chief executive Mark Townend said it was one of the worst acts of animal cruelty the RSPCA has seen.

``This cat suffered a horrific, gruesome and painful death,” Mr Townend said.

``And it didn’t end there. To use its blood to write graffiti just shows a total lack of respect for this animal’s life.”

Mr Townend said that he feared there was a real risk of the offender engaging in further acts of animal cruelty or worse.

``This person is not normal. If they’ve done this once, they can do it again,’’ he said ``And next time it might be to another person.’’

Research shows that many people who commit acts of violence towards other people have a history of cruelty to animals. It’s a stepping stone to violence against people.

Earlier, The Courier-Mail reported that residents on a suburban Gold Coast street awoke to an explosion this morning when a car was torched and a pet cat was “mutilated”.

Just before 2.45am police were called to a Hazel Court address in Arundel following reports of a vehicle that was on fire in the front driveway.

In what seems to be a targeted attack, graffiti covered the walls of the house and a cat had been killed.

“Upon arriving at the address, police located a deceased cat near the vehicle, the body of which was severely mutilated,” police said.

“Graffiti was also left on an exterior wall of the house.”

Police say the cat, which is not believed to belong at the home targeted, was decapitated and had its paws cut off.

The words “Whers my money tik tok” were reportedly written on the exterior wall of the house using the animal’s blood.

A #GoldCoast family washes a threat written in cat blood by bikies from the front of their home. @tennewsqld pic.twitter.com/6aCUbT9rKh — Matthew Howard (@MatthewamHoward) June 16, 2014 Sub-type: comment CAPTION: A #GoldCoast family washes a threat written in cat blood by bikies from the front of their home. @tennewsqld pic.twitter.com/6aCUbT9rKh— Matthew Howard (@MatthewamHoward) June 16, 2014 Sub-type: comment CAPTION: A #GoldCoast family washes a threat written in cat blood by bikies from the front of their home. @tennewsqld pic.twitter.com/6aCUbT9rKh— Matthew Howard (@MatthewamHoward) June 16, 2014

Residents were this morning seen washing the bloodied threat off their white garage door as the gutted car sat in the driveway.

No one was injured during the incident.

Investigations into the incident continue.