Winnipeg news: cat owners believe their pets are being killed [Video]

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Cat owners are on edge in Winnipeg, as advocates believe someone out there is killing pet cats.

When Juliyana Alviz’s family let her one-year-old cat Jaden outside to play, they didn’t think it would be the last time they would see him alive.

“Literally, evil can be anywhere,” Alviz told CTV News. “Never in my life did I imagine that this neighbourhood would be unsafe.”

When Jaden didn’t return home, Alviz started to get worried. That worry turned into a nightmare when Alviz’s family found the cat Sunday, dead in a garbage bin near their Garden City home. Based on its injuries, they believe the cat was drowned and strangled.

“He was so cute. How could you do that to such a cute little innocent thing?” Alviz said through tears.

Juliyana Alviz holding her cat Jaden …