WARNING: The photos in this article are extremely graphic and are not appropriate for all readers

A 琉璃神社 woman stumbled upon a 鈥渉orrifying鈥� sight of a dead cat with a string around its neck on her way to her bus stop this morning.

鈥淚 saw this little wet thing lying on the side of the road,鈥� said Julie Grace Fidler.

鈥淚 thought it was a squirrel at first but then I got a little bit closer and realized it was a cat. I thought maybe it was a homeless cat or something but then I got closer and saw it had a string around its neck and there was a tack at the end of the string.鈥�

Fidler owns two outdoor cats herself and said the situation was 鈥渉eartbreaking.鈥� The cat was located in the alleyway between Ponto and McIntosh roads.

In a Facebook post in the , Fidler wrote, 鈥渋f you have outdoor pets, especially cats, please be diligent with them and keep them inside at night.鈥�

More photos, as well as video of the cat, can be found within the group.

Sean Hogan of the BCSPCA said to keep pets indoors 鈥� cats especially 鈥� as it is safer all around.

鈥淲e appreciate that the public has reached out to us so that we can follow up with a constable through our Cruelty Investigation Department,鈥� he said.

He also asked people to keep the number of the BCSPCA Cruelty Reporting Hotline (1-855-622-7722) handy for situations like this.

Capital News has reached out to RCMP for comment on the incident.

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