Mowgli the cat left 'mentally injured' as CCTV of pet being swung round by its tail is released by R

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A thug who was caught on CCTV swinging a terrified cat by its tail is being hunted by the RSPCA.



Mowgli, a two-year-old tom, narrowly escaped injury in the “sickening” attack as the unidentified man span him around more than 14 times next to railings and cars, coming within inches of smashing the cat’s head on the pavement.

Last night his owner, Michelle Buchanan, asked for the public’s help in naming the man responsible for the “appalling” cruelty.



“What happened is horrific. I just can’t believe that there is anyone out there who would want to do this,” she said. “This guy thinks he has got away with it but he must be stopped and held accountable.”



The attack at 8.30am on Oct 29 was witnessed by Miss Buchanan’s next-door neighbour, Lynne Jarvis, 62, who ran outside in her dressing gown and confronted the youth and three of his friends who were egging him on.



Mrs Jarvis said: “I heard a demonic laugh and a commotion and looked outside to see someone swinging something around. At first I thought it was a black cardigan but then I realised it was Mowgli.



“I put my boots and my dressing gown on and screamed and swore at them, shouting that they were cruel and evil so-and-so's.



“I think I shocked them because I’m not a pretty sight that early in the morning and they probably weren’t expecting a pensioner to use the sort of language I did.



“He dropped the cat and they all ran off down the street.”

The attack was captured on a CCTV camera outside a pub next to Miss Buchanan’s flat, and the footage was handed to the RSPCA by its landlord, Mark Reynolds.



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