Representative image

CHENNAI: A case of missing cats and dogs in an apartment complex in Nolambur has the residents fighting.

Half a dozen cats and a couple of dogs that are fed by residents of an apartment complex in Nolambur near Maduravoyal have gone missing, the residents have complained to police. Jitesh, one of the complainants, said some of the residents association members are suspected to have employed some outsiders to “remove” the cats and dogs.

Jitesh had two cats on his fourth floor apartment as pets and another four cats that used to visit his apartment. “I used to feed all these six cats. Usually when the cats go out of a place, they come back in a couple of days. It is more than a week now, and something is amiss,” he said.

Jitesh said he managed to get a video footage of a group of people moving around the apartment complex, with gunny bags, ostensibly to trap the cats. Police have issued a community service register on the complaint.

Animal welfare activist K Shravan said incidents of stealing pet cats from residential areas in the city are on the rise. Their meat is sold to some shops that use them for making biriyani.

