In February 2023, several campus cats at ShanghaiTech University were reported dead, missing or injured. Media reports relayed online allegations that the cats had been poisoned or strangled with wire or cable, and that clues pointed to a female student. The university later imposed a suspension. Public reports preserved photos of the cats, a timeline, memorial flowers and discussion screenshots. This archive records the cats as individual lives that had been fed, named and loved on campus.

Campus cats that disappeared and died

Public reports show that the cats had long been watched over by students and cat lovers. They had names, familiar places and real bonds with people on campus.

Reports and public materials said several cats had already gone missing in January 2023. From February 16 onward, deaths and injuries were reported, including alleged poisoning and strangulation with wire or cable.

Clues pointing to one student

Media reports relayed online allegations pointing to a female student at ShanghaiTech. Public materials included a timeline, photos of the cats and campus discussion screenshots.

The university later imposed a suspension. Many readers questioned whether a school-level sanction could answer the gravity of repeated cruelty.

Campus cats are not disposable

Even if these cats had no single legal owner, they were not ownerless objects. Feeding, naming and mourning show that concrete relationships existed.

Seeing campus or stray cats as lives that can be secretly poisoned or strangled is contempt for vulnerable beings.

Institutional gap

The public record suggests the case was handled mainly through university discipline and public pressure.

That does not mean society should forget. Each record reminds us that repeated and malicious cruelty to animals should never be reduced to a private habit or a minor campus incident.

時系列

• January 2023: Public materials said several campus cats had gone missing.
• From February 16, 2023: Deaths and injuries were reported, including alleged poisoning and strangulation.
• Early March 2023: The case drew broad attention after media and social-platform circulation.
• Later: The university imposed a suspension, while public criticism continued.

公開情報源

This article is based on public reports by Sing Tao Headline, STNN, on.cc and Sing Tao Canada. The number of deaths, some methods and identity clues are recorded as media-reported online allegations and public materials; the university response follows public reporting.

• Sing Tao Headline: campus cats poisoned and strangled
• STNN: ShanghaiTech campus cat case
• on.cc: female student suspended after campus cat deaths
• Sing Tao Canada: reposted public materials