Pet owners on a street where four cats were killed in a mystery poisoning are facing fresh fears after a 'deliberate' attack.

Residents of Emerald Crescent, in Abbey Farm, were left shellshocked after four cats were poisoned by an unknown substance and died in one night on August 12, sparking a RSPCA and Wiltshire Police investigation. 

Now, another cat owned by someone living on the same road has been taken to the vet after being injured, with the owners told it was caused deliberately. 

It follows a number of other instances where cats living in the area have been left with physical injuries - not including those animals poisoned. 

On September 8, local cat Mouch was discovered walking on three legs with his front right leg 'not working'. 

His owners, who wished not to be identified for fear of reprisals, rushed him to a vet where they were told that the injury was caused by blunt force trauma. 

"[Vets] said the injury had been caused by blunt force trauma such as a KICK - this was not a car or another animal, but some sick individual," his owner said. 

Mouch had been spotted by neighbours in Emerald Crescent at the time he is believed to have been injured and his owners appealed for neighbours to check CCTV footage to check what time he could be seen and if he was limping or on all fours as normal at that time. 

Mouch is now home and doing well after an x-ray revealed he had not broken any bones but had suffered a sprained/pulled upper arm and shoulder. 

One of the cats killed in the poisonings, Nala owned by Harri Thompson, was revealed to have received significant trauma to its lungs.

"The vet said to us that they'd never seen that degree of damage before," Harri told the Adver, at the time of the poisonings.  

"They said the injuries were not consistent with being hit by a car and were more likely to have been caused by a kick or severe blow."

Ms Thompson also explained that not long before the day of the poisonings, a neighbour's cat had returned home with a cigarette burn on its eyebrow and what appeared to be a 'stamp' injury on its tail. 

After confirming an investigation had been launched and making initial enquiries, Wiltshire Police released a statement stating there was no evidence that the poisoning was a deliberate act. 

The RSPCA and Wiltshire Police investigation is ongoing.