A pack of dogs is killing cats in this north Fresno neighborhood, residents say

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - As galore arsenic six dogs person been seen connected information cameras roaming successful a battalion astir a northbound Fresno neighborhood, leaving residents successful a changeless authorities of fear.

"They're conscionable prowling the area, they're beauteous good-sized dogs," said Robert Smith, whose information cameras caught the prowling dogs.

Robert lives disconnected West Alluvial and North Gregory Avenue successful northwest Fresno. His videos archetypal amusement the battalion of dogs successful the vicinity connected Oct. 29. He says the dogs person already been liable for the decease of a beloved vicinity cat.

"They virtually conscionable ran up connected her, killed her, and threw her," said Robert Smith. "It was truly sad."

He says since past astir a twelve much stray cats person been killed.

"The mode it seems from the videos, they don't look malnourished astatine each and they're not sidesplitting the cats to feed, they're conscionable sidesplitting them to termination them," described Smith.

While Smith hasn't seen the battalion retired during the day, it has enactment residents connected precocious alert.

"Our older neighbour really stopped walking his canine due to the fact that helium is older, he's retired and their canine is small, and helium was disquieted astir their canine and himself arsenic well," said Smith. "They accidental that a battalion of chaotic dogs tin beryllium precise dangerous."

Smith doesn't adjacent fto his girl locomotion to the autobus halt unsocial successful the greeting "because we ne'er cognize erstwhile they're going to beryllium out."

One of Smith's neighbors has reached retired to Fresno City Councilmember Mike Karbassi; Smith himself has sent emails and videos reporting the concern to the city.

"We inactive haven't seen immoderate enactment astatine all...our neighbour has videos of them each azygous time being successful our country and thing has been done yet."

YourCentralValley.com has reached retired to the metropolis to find retired what they are doing astir the chaotic dogs, but nary authoritative effect has been received. However, it has been established that the metropolis has contacted 1 of the neighbors stating that they would respond if the concern became life-threatening.