Posts by Colin Butcher
Renters Rights Act 2025 Do you currently live in rented private accommodation, and you have been told by your landlord that pets are not allowed? Well, I have some good news for you. Very soon as of 1st May 2026. The legislation is going to change the blanket ban on pets is getting kicked into…
Read MoreThe Real Serial Cat Killer
The Serial Cat Killer Myth The Real Danger Hiding on Your Driveway For years, rumours of a Serial Cat Killer have gripped the UK, fueled by thousands of sudden and unexplained cat deaths and reports of deliberate poisonings. However, investigations including a major 2018 Met Police investigation found no evidence of a human culprit. If…
Read MoreHas Your Neighbour Taken Your Cat?
What Do You Do if Your Neighbour has Taken Your Cat? When I was a kid, my parents told me that there were no such things as monsters and they certainly were not living under my bed, now many years later, I know that monsters really do exist because I deal with them all the…
Read MoreWhat is a Pet Detective?
What is a Pet Detective? A Pet Detective is a professional investigator who specialises in the recovery of stolen and missing pets and the investigation of other crimes committed against animals and or their owners. In the United Kingdom a person can only use the title of Detective if they completed at least five years’ service as…
Read MoreWhat Is Cat Poaching?
The Pet Detective’s Definition Verb The act of deliberately enticing a cat owned by another person away from its home usually with the lure of food. Cat poaching is an aggressive form of Cat Seduction but unlike Cat Seduction the wrongdoer is intent of taking permanent possession of another person’s cat. A Cat Poacher is…
Read More‘Criminal gangs know they won’t go to prison’: The pet detective tracking stolen animals
“To be a pet detective you need to be a combination of animal lover, private detective and police officer,” says Colin Butcher. “But first and foremost, you’ve got to be a detective. You’ve got to be able to work it all out.” Butcher, 54, has been “working it out” on behalf of stricken animal lovers…
Read MoreDefinition of Dognapped?
Pet Detective’s Definition of DOGNAPPED VERB: DOGNAPPED is the unlawful abduction and or confinement of a dog for the purpose of inducing the owner or person having lawful control of the dog at the time it was taken to pay a ransom for the dog’s return. Dognapping is not recognised as a crime in the…
Read MoreWhat Is Cat Seduction?
What is Cat-Seduction? Pet Detectives Definition Cat Seduction Noun ‘The action of seducing a cat tempting or attracting a cat.’ ‘Purposefully enticing a cat which already has an owner away from its home usually with the lure of food.’ Cat seducers fall into two broad categories. Feeders and keepers. The Feeders usually notice a cat…
Read MoreAvoid This Big Mistake When Searching For a Missing Cat
Making Changes to Your Cat’s home Environment will Discourage it From Returning Home My personal experience in recovering missing cats has revealed that the biggest mistake you can make when a cat first goes missing is to start making changes to your cat’s home environment and territory. Especially if you do not even know for…
Read MoreMissing Cat? Pet Detective’s Top 5 Search Tips on What do First
Top Five # Tips on What to do When Your Cat First Goes Missing I have been recovering Missing Cats for over 30 years and in the last Five years, together with my amazing Cat Detection Dog Molly have helped to reunite over 275 Missing Cats with their families. Discovering that your cat is missing…
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