Cat was put down today after being shot by an air rifle

petemyster · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:32

Horrible thing to imagine, sorry to hear. I would be mortified if that happened to my cat.

If the cat was hit close by the house, might be worth asking the parents of the houses who's kid has an air rifle?

LOAM · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:33

I'm sorry mate, I cant post how this makes me feel.

Some people make me ill

Vixen · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:33

That's awful, I'm so sorry to hear you lost your cat

. Have you reported it to the police?

Tefal · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:34

Gun9 said:
Its just another example of the state of our once GREAT country.

RIP you must have been one strong cat to get as far as you did.

people have been shooting small fury things in this country for centuries.

It's not new.

Shame about the cat

HaMMuS · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:34

petemyster said:
If the cat was hit close by the house, might be worth asking the parents of the houses who's kid has an air rifle?

The way I see it, he can't have been able to drag himself far from where he was shot, so that implies it was someone local.

cheets64 · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:39

Sad thing to happen, but it happens all the time to cats, one of the risks of owning on and letting out and the fact its will be going on peoples property

Haiku · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:40

That's despicable. Poor thing.

arc@css · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:42

I don't mind admitting that while reading the OP's information I couldn't help myself and became quite emotional. So sorry for your loss, feel for you and your family. At least he isn't suffering now.

RIP Teddy.

Efour · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:42

messed up

greywolf · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:43

Sorry about your cat, I love my air rifle but to think to turn it on a cat is just terrible

I hope you have reported it to the police, and as you say it must be someone close by. Ask around locally as hopefully someone might know something or have heard an air rifle being fired recently in someones garden.

lookitsjonno · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:43

truely awful how a harmless cat cannot be left outside nowadays.

there has been dozens in our area killed by people poisoning them with anti-freeze

D1ngd0ng · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:44

Thats pretty god damn low. Hopefully there is some karma about to hit whoever did this hard right around the corner (like falling out of a 2nd storey window maybe)

Heliospherez · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:44

One of the reasons I haven't got any cats/dogs since about 16 years old.

Had a number of cats for many years previous to that - but the last one I had got a pitch fork (or similar) stuck into it's back/legs according to the vet that treated her. She managed to make it home and into our garage when my dad found her. Unfortunately we had to put her down also at about 6 years old -and we had a fair idea which neighbour did it.

HaMMuS · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:45

arc@css said:
I don't mind admitting that while reading the OP's information I couldn't help myself and became quite emotional. So sorry for your loss, feel for you and your family. At least he isn't suffering now.

RIP Teddy.

It took me about 20mins to write whilst wiping my eyes every 30 secs

Streeteh · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:47

I'd be utterly heart-broken if the same happened to me so you honestly do have my greatest sympathies.

arc@css · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:50

HaMMuS said:
It took me about 20mins to write whilst wiping my eyes every 30 secs

I am not surprised fella. I have had cats myself and when they pass on naturally it's heart wrenching enough but this, as others have said, is despicable.

jp_bl_68 · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:53

I'm almost in tears reading this. I'm sorry for your family's loss. I don't know what else to say.

Robbo · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:54

That is horrible, im so sorry to hear that.

I have a cat and I would be absolutely gutted if someone did that to him.

I also keep air guns and im hoping this thread won't spark a debate about that, but if someone did that to my cat, I'd be knocking on doors and trying to find out who it was.

RIP Cat

Cosimo · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:54

I don’t understand how someone could do that. I feel for you and your family.

RIP Teddy

SkodaMart · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:55

Gun9 said:
Its just another example of the state of our once GREAT country.

RIP you must have been one strong cat to get as far as you did.

Stuff like this has been going on since the dawn of man.

Did you ever see the video of the chimps chasing monkeys through the trees so they could rend them limb from limb?

"I know I am fed up of this credit cruch I will take it out on a cat?"

Sorry for your loss. OP