[Bailee]

The owner of the cat told police that he did not wish to press charges against the boy.

Sorry dont sound like a Feral cat to me. 12 year oll made this shot with a bow while protecting some Quail. Something does not sound right to me.

[TigersEye]

The owner of the cat told police that he did not wish to press charges against the boy.

You misread the article. There was no known owner of the cat. It said the person who took the cat to the vet had a legal right to press charges. That person was not the owner and had no legal rights until they picked up the injured cat and took it to a vet.

[Copernicus]

Sorry dont sound like a Feral cat to me. 12 year oll made this shot with a bow while protecting some Quail. Something does not sound right to me.

Read the story again. The cat had no owner and no name until after he went to the vet.

Something about the way this story is presented as animal abuse does not sound right to me.

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