Overview
- Erding police, who reported a fourth dead cat found near the Ottenhofen tracks overnight into Friday, are investigating four suspected animal‑welfare crimes.
- The sequence began March 16 with two cats found by the St. Koloman S‑Bahn, then an injured pet returned home days later and died on its owner’s property.
- In Forstern’s Karlsdorf area, a jogger found a red‑white cat caught in a prohibited spring‑loaded trap near a gravel pit, and passersby freed it before it ran off.
- Officers seized the illegal trap for trace‑forensic testing, a standard step that can lift fingerprints or DNA to help identify a suspect.
- Investigators are asking witnesses and local cat owners in St. Koloman, Ottenhofen, and Forstern to report injuries or tips to the Erding station at 08122/968‑0.