{"id":344724,"date":"2026-09-12T04:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T04:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/344724\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T04:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T04:48:11","slug":"multiple-cats-found-dead-in-brooklyn-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/344724\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple cats found dead in Brooklyn neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

BROOKLYN, NY (PIX 11) \u2014\u00a0A disturbing mystery is unfolding in Brooklyn, where multiple stray cats have been found dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“All these dead animals,” said\u00a0Reeva Grammatikopoulos, a Brooklyn resident. “It’s just like oh my God, the blood. All of them were bleeding out.”<\/p>\n

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Grammatikopoulos was faced with a heartbreaking scene Tuesday when she helped pull the bodies of seven cats from underneath her friend’s deck.<\/p>\n

“It didn’t even hit me until I got out of the hole, and they were all on the floor lined up and then I just \u2014 that’s when I cried,” she said.<\/p>\n

Grammatikopoulos is a nurse and believes someone may have poisoned the cats by putting rat poison in their food, although a cause of death has not yet been confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Cats won’t eat rat poison if it’s not in food,” she said. “They’re not going to just be like ‘Oh let me go eat that and die’, ya know?”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Senator Steve Chan highlighted three Brooklyn locations where residents say the stray cat population is declining, including one area where multiple cats have died under unexplained circumstances. Those streets are:\u00a0<\/p>\n

86th Street\u00a0and 16th Avenue\u00a0<\/p>\n

63rd Street between 9th Avenue and 12th Avenue\u00a0<\/p>\n

West 6th Street\u00a0and Avenue S\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Senator Chan said he’s not sure why someone would poison the cats.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I don’t know,” Chan said. “Somebody who doesn’t like cats. Somebody feeling like the cats are disruptive to the neighborhood or they make a mess.”<\/p>\n

He added, “We need these cats. They help control the rodent population. They’re actually friendly.”<\/p>\n

Police tell PIX 11 News the cats will undergo necropsies as they work to determine how they died. A $2,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Senator Chan is adding another $500.<\/p>\n

“The neighborhood as a whole and as a community, we’re all devastated by this so if the person who’s responsible sees this, we’re coming for you,” said Chan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That reward sign is posted on the corner of 86th Street\u00a0and 16th Avenue, above a neighborhood watch sign reminding residents to report any suspected animal abuse to the police.<\/p>\n

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