article_snippet: A father spent £10,000 on private detectives after police failed to track down the thug who killed A father daughter’s kitten with an air rifle.
article_snippet: Neil Tregarthen spent £10,000 on a private investigator after Neil Tregarthen daughter's cat, Farah, was shot by an air rifle .
article_snippet: We found a witness who claimed he had witnessed We main suspect shooting another cat.
article_snippet: a witness who claimed he had witnessed our main suspect shooting another cat was shot near Farah owner's home in Exeter .
article_snippet: Using an air rifle to shoot cats is illegal, and should be treated as such.’ Mr Tregarthen, who lives in a luxury house in Truro, Cornwall, said of the cost of his own investigation:
highlights_snippet: Neil Tregarthen hired private investigators to look into the animal's death .
  