[verity]

"The officer shot the cat square in the chest with his Beretta .40-calibre handgun."
"An autopsy to determine the exact cause of the animal’s behaviour is not scheduled, however."

Am I the only one that finds this rather bizarre.

[Flavius]

Yes I think its inhumane to shoot people with a caliber that will barely stop an 8 lbs cat

[FairOpinion]

"An autopsy to determine the exact cause of the animal’s behaviour is not scheduled, however."

Am I the only one that finds this rather bizarre.

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No, you are not. The only reason for not asking for an autopsy has to be that the family had some illegal drugs in the basement and they knew the cat got into that, which caused his behavior -- and they know exactly why the kitty behaved the way he did.

If anything like this ever happened to any pet or animal I owned, I would pay whatever it takes to get to the bottom of it, and find out what happened.

[Swordmaker]

"The officer shot the cat square in the chest with his Beretta .40-calibre handgun." . . . "An autopsy to determine the exact cause of the animal’s behaviour is not scheduled, however."

Am I the only one that finds this rather bizarre.

AND it took the cat five minutes to die... that must be one anemic cartridge load...

[bd476]

It is not unusual. The cat's central nervous system was apparently affected by some neurological decay involving a virus, a bacteria or some other toxic agent.

The primary concern would be rabies. An accurate test for rabies involves doing a necropsy on the cat's brain. The necropsy for rabies ruins the potential to test for anything else.