A recent series of feline shootings at Hawke's Bay region in New Zealand has prompted a resident to anonymously offer a $1000 reward just to quell see the shooters go to jail, Hawkes Bay Today reported.

Animal care agencies last week reported incidents of at least three cat shootings and a Napier kitten left grotesquely scarred after being scalded with boiling liquid.

The local media has also reported incidents in which pellets were fired at dogs in Tamatea.

A reader of Today contacted the newspaper offering a $1000 reward to stop the violence against animals.

"Instead of sitting back and feeling helpless, I want to try and do something practical to try and catch the perpetrators... I want to see that these cowards are named and shamed, made accountable for their actions and given a punishment that will hopefully stop others from doing the same," the reward sponsor told Today.

"As someone with a life-long love of animals I know how most people love their pets... I can only imagine the distress of the owners seeing their injured pets plus of course having to meet the huge cost of trying to save them."

Leads have yet to be gathered for authorities to act on the shootings.