Police take to the streets in search of leads on cat cruelty in Stouffville

Above: York regional police went door to door today in Whitchurch-Stouffville, as they try to solve a shocking case of animal cruelty.

TORONTO – Police north of Toronto will be knocking on doors today in search of clues to the discovery of some severed cat heads.

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Investigators with York Regional Police are canvassing a community in the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville to see if anybody spotted something suspicious.

Police say that since Aug. 12, severed heads of cats have been found in six separate incidents.

In one case, a head and two legs were discovered near a daycare centre.

Police don’t know why the felines were dismembered, but investigators believe someone is acting intentionally.

They say the heads were all placed within a one-kilometre area of residential neighbourhoods.