The person who did this is a pretty sick puppy, no pun intended. By the time the dust settles she may well lose her veterinarian's license and may face criminal charges. She's already lost her job, and I certainly can't blame her employer for that. Who in their right mind would trust the health and well-being of their pet to someone as callous as this woman is?
Because feral cats are somehow different than wild dogs?
This will be an interesting thread. Kitty ping
That video is heartbreaking.
Her only crime was shooting, shoveling and NOT shutting up about it.
Really. What difference is there between this and hunting big game in africa? Aside from the animals being smaller and more cuddly. It was stupid to brag about it though.
Feral cats around here have wiped out all the ground nesting birds on my property. I’m sure they have done a job on quite of few of the tree dwellers as well. I shoot every one I get a chance to.
I haven’t and will not shoot house dwelling pets that are kept inside.
That’s pretty ****ed up. I would only shoot an animal if it presented a clear danger to myself, someone else, or my property or I needed food and I certainly wouldn’t call it something to brag about. Cold hearted, is what she is. She’s a vet? LOL... can you imagine taking your pet to someone like that?
Feral cats should be eliminated. Not clever to post it on social media, though!
I enjoy archery but have never gone bow hunting. Can someone who’s familiar with it let us know just how “humane” it was to kill the cat that way? It seems to me the cat might have taken some time to die, which is a pretty sick thing to do, even if you really think you should eliminate feral cats. (FWIW, we do have former ferals on our property. We trapped, neutered and released them back in place, here on our place in the country. They’ve all figured out where the food comes from and become very friendly. I like having them here because they have FINALLY gotten rid of most of the gophers here, which were endemic!)
Boy, what a pile of poop on this thread in regard to the murdered cat. Maybe his owner lets him out or maybe he escaped the house as they sometimes do. I’ve had that happen myself but luckily recovered my kitty quickly. The cat’s accused of having no rabies shot, being unneutered and, by inference, being a bird killer just willy-nilly here. How do you know?
And birds are among cats’ natural prey; that’s how things are. There are still more birds around than there are cats. Complain when cats learn to fly.
If it’s some nasty feral cat then it’s okay with me. Australia now has a bounty on feral cats as they are killing and eating millions of birds.
She thought she would be applauded for this, thats why she posted it and bragged about it
Agreed!
Lord almighty
If ever a thread tailor made for the legions of cat ladies here
This one is it
If it truly was a feral cat then I completely understand and I have no problem with it. But, she needs to learn the three S’s.
Well, years ago (like 30 years) in my small town in north central Texas, we had a neighborhood cat that we pretty wild.
He would come into our garage at night, terrorize our cats and eat their food.
I caught him one night there, closed the door before he could get out, and then proceeded to beat him around with a broom.
He was dazed at the end of it and I literally opened the garage door and swept him out onto the drive way.
I thought that would fix it.
Nope. A week later, one of my young children left our front door open as we went to church and when we got home, here came Mr. Wild Cat slinking out of our house as we pulled up.
He had gone into our bedroom and scented my side of the bed.
Next day he was slinking by our back yard and as soon as I saw him he got an immediate taste of some 20 gauge 6 shot.
Problem solved.
It too was not too pretty...but nothing a burlap sack and a trip to a nearby river did not take care of.