A cat owner has been left shocked after her beloved pet returned home with missing fur, which is believed to have been shaved.
Jacqui Field, who lives in Gosberton, near Spalding in Lincolnshire, said she found her cat, Bertie, was missing a "big lump of fur from his side" on 7 May.
Mrs Field said: "I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Someone must have held him down to do it and it's just a horrible, horrible feeling. It's disgraceful."
Lincolnshire Police said it would encourage anyone who is aware of any incidents to report them to the force and to the RSPCA.
Mrs Field said the attack on her cat, which is three years old, had left the animal "very, very subdued" and needing to be "persuaded to come for food".
She said: "He didn't want to come near anybody, which is very out of character because he normally comes, jumps on my lap and loves a cuddle.
"It felt like he was shying away from everyone in case they were going to hurt him."
Mrs Field also said that she thought more than one person would have been involved because her pet would have "wiggled and run away if he wasn't held down".
Similar attacks were reported on other pets in Pinchbeck, near Spalding, and Kirton, near Boston, in February. It is not known if the incidents are linked.
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