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Texas veterinarian who shot cat with bow and arrow is facing police probe
nola.com ^ | William LaRue, National Desk

Posted on 04/18/2015 1:39:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Kristen Lindsey, 31, of Brenham posted a photo holding up what she described as a dead feral tomcat shot in Austin County, but there are reports since that it was a neighborhood family pet named Tiger.

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The photo has since been removed and her Facebook account canceled, although copies have widely circulated on the Internet. Her original post with the photo read: "My first bow kill, lol. The only good feral tomcat is one with an arrow through it's head! Vet of the year award ... Gladly accepted," KWTX-TV reported.

Austin County Sheriff Jack Brandes said deputies were investigating the incident and would be talking with prosecutors about the possibility of charges.

"This kind of stuff shouldn't happen in our society," Brandes said. "It's a very sad thing. Hopefully we will get to the bottom of it and get the truth, 100 percent truth, and get it to the DA and put it in his hands if it needs to go any further."

Lindsey planned to meet with authorities next week, accompanied by an attorney, Houston TV station KTRK reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cat; sociopath; texas
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To: Cicero

Killing homeless cats is common? Where are you from West Virginia mountains. You’re a heartless and so uniformed.


61 posted on 04/18/2015 3:52:01 PM PDT by Fawn ("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6)
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To: Roos_Girl

I hope you’re dog gets loose on her property. Such ignorance...heartless people in here. You probably hate kids walking on your lawn too.


62 posted on 04/18/2015 3:53:21 PM PDT by Fawn ("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6)
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To: Chode
" dogs aren't allowed to roam free, why should cats?"

Do people keep their dogs inside the house 24/7 or do they let them out and take them to parks to run, get fresh air and enjoy Gods land as they were intended to do....God gave them hunting skills and claws for a reason and it isn't to sit on window sill. I can't believe such ignorance.

63 posted on 04/18/2015 3:55:37 PM PDT by Fawn ("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6)
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To: Bob

Heartless and cruel. How do you sleep at night. Praying for Karma on you.


64 posted on 04/18/2015 3:57:01 PM PDT by Fawn ("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6)
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To: curdogmen

Oh really? What state are you in?


65 posted on 04/18/2015 3:57:55 PM PDT by Fawn ("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I hope you know that the stats on that were made up? The bird brained people pulled those numbers out of thei @$$ like a liberal does. Just say it and people will believe it. By the way, Birds carry over 60 diseases to your backyard. Yet, you don’t care about that?


66 posted on 04/18/2015 4:00:19 PM PDT by Fawn ("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6)
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To: BenLurkin

2 dead mice, 1 dead cardinal, 1 dead wren on back porch in one week. Cats kill for fun. Evidently some vets do too :-)


67 posted on 04/18/2015 4:00:50 PM PDT by wheat_grinder
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To: Jeff Chandler

Do you yell at neighbor kids when they walk on your lawn too? LOL What about birds that drop over 60 diseases to your yard?


68 posted on 04/18/2015 4:02:09 PM PDT by Fawn ("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6)
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To: trisham
interesting, most places seem to have leash laws
69 posted on 04/18/2015 4:27:59 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Chode

This is a very conservative town, thank goodness.


70 posted on 04/18/2015 4:30:08 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Hugin

“And HE said: Let US make man to OUR image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth.” ~ Genesis 1:26


71 posted on 04/18/2015 4:31:46 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Cruz or lose!)
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To: Fawn
seems most places have leash laws except in dog parks and even less places let dogs run loose/unattended through the neighborhoods, at least round here, maybe different in Fla
72 posted on 04/18/2015 4:32:19 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: miss marmelstein

I understand your concern. There weren’t that many cats and we were never cruel or mistreated them. But they could be mean and the little kids had to be watched out for.

My Dad had a friend who was a Game Warden. He gave us orphaned fawns and a few baby raccoons. We took good care of them until they were able to get out on their own.

And we were “environmentalists” in our own ways. The stupid tree huggers don’t realize that people who rely on the land and nature for their livelihood don’t ruin that land or abuse nature.


73 posted on 04/18/2015 4:33:05 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: BenLurkin
Where I live, there are a lot of cats. Many are certainly feral (there's a big black one that I mistook for a bear cub first time I saw it), but I wouldn't shoot any of them, especially because some are certainly free-roaming pets. Easier to scare them off than deal with an irate/heartbroken cat-owner.

That said, if you let your cat wander un-tagged and un-collared across other people's property, you have to expect that someone might mistake it for a feral and act accordingly.

And while I don't usually engage in the common FR ritual...Regarding the lady in question...Ahem...Not guilty.

74 posted on 04/18/2015 4:38:19 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Cruz or lose!)
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To: Fawn

Should I have to put up with someone else’s animal pooping on my property where my dogs can eat it? Where I or my 3 year old can step in it? Or should I be able to enjoy my own property without having to constantly deal with those things?

That you think I should have to be inconveienced, have my dogs potentially getting worms from eating infected feces because of someone else being irresponsible is very telling. I have previously tried going the route of calling a local cat rescue to take some kittens whose mother was killed. They wouldn’t take them. Sometimes you have to take care of things yourself, whether you want to or not.


75 posted on 04/18/2015 4:38:29 PM PDT by Roos_Girl (The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: BenLurkin

All she had to do was shoot and shut up. The buzzards and coyotes gotta’ eat too. I don’t like to see buzzards not eat well.


76 posted on 04/18/2015 4:39:34 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: JRandomFreeper

Not allowed huh. Yeah, sure.


77 posted on 04/18/2015 5:02:03 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Chode; Fawn

Oh no, we have leash laws in FL. Fawn thinks they shouldn’t apply to cats. I keep my dogs fenced or on leash. Not everyone would appreciate my dogs on their property and I respect that.


78 posted on 04/18/2015 5:03:15 PM PDT by Roos_Girl (The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: BenLurkin

My personal view is, an outdoor cat is an abandoned cat and is fair game no matter how you want to kill it within local/legal means.

This vet deserves a medal.


79 posted on 04/18/2015 5:32:28 PM PDT by normbal (normbal. somewhere in socialist occupied America)
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To: Cicero

“But it’s very unfortunate if she mistook someone’s pet cat for a feral one.”

If the cat is off the owners property and does not have a visible collar, it is legally a target of opportunity.

Having said that, cat persons are crazy, and tend to mob attacks, therefore, shoot and shovel and shut up.

ho wants a bunch of crazies yammering and howling?


80 posted on 04/18/2015 5:37:24 PM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
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