They have bright some of them to Alabama, too. As far as I know, they are not in Huntsville (or at least we have not heard anything about it), but several other towns near here have been having similar problems, just not as bad as Ohio, at least yet . It appears that several independent journalists are not on the scene in Springfield and interviewing locals there and posting pictures, so more will be coming out about this before too much longer.
There are pictures on X that I just do not even want to look at, of people cooking cats or small dogs on the bbq, and I just hurry past them and try not to look, and i sure do not want to post them here. However, it is enough to make me believe that this is actually happening in places where the Haitians are at. They sacrificed animals for their voo-doo religion when they lived in Haiti, so there is every reason to believe that they are continuing the same practices here in the US. This picture shows a guy with two live birds , pigeons, I think, and he is handing one to the guy sitting next to them at the lunch table. This is a screenshot from a video, but you can see the poor bird was trying to fly and get away as he was handing it to the other guy. He probably lured them at a park and then captured the poor birds.
Here is one site that explains the Voodoo, or Voudou religions(s) pretty well. In my travels and in my reading I have encountered variations of this in Latin America, New Orleans, and other places. I generally considered it harmless, although sometimes it seemed spooky as when they built little altars on small rafts and set them afloat in memory of deceased relatives, especially those lost to drowning or lost at sea. Not really too different from a funeral though, I guess. The sacrifices of animals were normally an excuse to get food, and chickens were the most common I know about. There is a Caribbean religion whose name I cannot remember that is confused with Voodoo, and it is akin to dark witchcraft or the dark arts, involving spells and such associated with ritual sacrifices. I think it was brought to the Caribbean from Africa. I think many of the Haitians commented upon are refugees from starvation, who have spent years not knowing when their next meal, or that of their children will come from. https://www.learnreligions.com/vodou-an-introduction-for-beginners-95712
They are putting these Haitians in several states besides Ohio, it appears. The same things are being reported everywhere that the Haitians move to, that people’s pets are disappearing at a much higher rate than normal, and the city animal control people said they do not think that it is just natural predators. While they are not coming out and saying that it is the illegal Haitians killing the animals for sacrifices to their voodoo religion,l they are warning people to keep the pets inside at night, and watch them if they have them outside in the daytime. Maine is having the same issues as Ohio, and the news I am getting from here in Alabama is about the same thing. It is good that @Ken Anderson keeps his kitties inside, because they seem to be sending the Haitians to some of the smaller towns as well as mid-sized cities.
Who's Taking the Cats in Bangor, Maine Something is happening in Bangor, Maine. The cats are vanishing, and they’re not coming back. In the Fairmount neighborhood, 16 cats have disappeared, never to be seen or heard from again, which has devastated their owners. Previously, missing pets would be found—that’s not what’s happening here. The spike in the frequency of missing cats has also alarmed owners. An officer with Bangor’s Animal Control told local media that she feels local wildlife is likely to blame. Cats running away or being stolen is also possible, but Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife does not believe it’s wildlife—foxes and coyotes have always been in the area. The Maine Wire, a project of the Maine Policy Institute, has more: https://www.themainewire.com/2024/09/catnapped-up-to-20-cats-reported-missing-from-bangor-neighborhood-authorities-doubt-wildlife-to-blame/ As domestic animals, cats do not fall under within the jurisdiction of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW). However, MDIFW does not believe that wildlife is to blame for this “sudden surge of cats disappearing.” “We do not believe that wildlife is responsible,” said MDIFW Communications Director Mark Latti. “The neighborhood has had foxes, coyotes and fisher there for years without incident, yet during this recent time period of about two months, 16 cats disappeared.” “If it were wildlife-related, you would not have seen that sudden surge of cats disappearing,” Latti said. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattv...ngor-maine-now-cats-are-disappearing-n2645157 Just reporting the latest.