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Cat ‘Massacre’: Outrage as Dozens of Cats Poisoned in an Egyptian Sporting Club

November 22, 2015
Protesters outside Al-Ahly club.

By Nada Deyaa’, Daily News Egypt It was supposed to be a normal Tuesday morning in the life of Isis Bahgat, a member of Al-Ahly Sporting Club. She woke up to have her usual walk at the club and to feed the cats there and check on them. However, to her shock, she found them dead. “I was surprised to find one of the cats I usually feed dead. At first I couldn’t find the rest of the cats which usually gather around me because they know I bring them food every day,” she said. Searching for them, Isis found many plates of food on the ground surrounded by bodies of the cats she usually took care of. “Their bodies were cold and blue; they were dead for sure,” she stated. The food was covered with a coloured liquid substance which Bahgat confirmed was the poison. Around 30 cats were poisoned at the club last week. Pictures of their dead bodies lying stiff in front of plates of food went viral on social media, causing outrage among communities of animal supporters. We stayed for an hour and a half to…


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