Police zap cat Authorities use Taser to subdue animal

The Telegraph ^ | 2-28-2005 | MAGGIE BORMAN

[Mears]

Hysterical.

Alpo sounds like quite a guy,definitely NOT a metrosexual male and surely IS a Republican. No PC crap for Alpo!

[Cagey]

That floater is an msn login screen which is linked to post #25.

Moderator, please delete post 25. It's causing an msn login window to appear each time the thread is refreshed.

[Springman]

Well, they did give the Kitty a last smoke!!

[Cowman]

Mr. Animal Controll Officer better get some neosoporin and some band-aids.

[unbalanced but fair]

Maybe they should have called in Edgar Montrose, the demolition "expert!" You've got to love Red Green!

[Tom602]

Cops are people too. It probably wasn't too easy for the poor guy to kill the kitty, and I'll bet he felt bad about it afterward.

That's all fine and well, but I just have to ask how many veterinarian offices he passed on his way out of town to kill a cat that was still very much alive.

Who would it have harmed to have a vet look at the poor kittie? At least then the vet could have made the poor animals last few minutes on this planet a little more peaceful.

You don't know for a fact that the police officer killed the cat on the first shot. You ever tried to shoot a still mobile wounded animal before? It's not that easy.

All I am saying is that there were more HUMANE options available than driving the wounded animal out of town to shoot it.

[Tom602]

My cat is an indoor cat. He hates being outside. Let's just say he knows how good he has it.

The wife and I had a problem with feral cats last year (due to ME feeding a stray).

I made a few phone calls to some local feline rescue organizations and one agreed to take the cats off of our hands. They didn't turn them over to the pound. They raised them to be friendly to people so they could be adopted or the "fixed" and released them back into their environment. I will say that we also gave them a sizable donation as a thank you.

[Tom602]

Actually, they have 18 claws (I refer to them as 'fish hooks'.) There are 4 each on the hind legs. That is, unless my cats are freaks of nature.

Sorry. My 15 pound kitty won't let me get close enough to his paws to count his claws and that's just fine by me.

I can touch him everywhere but his feet. Everyone has their boundries I suppose.

I just sort of assumed he had five claws per paw and you know what they say about that.

[OldSgt.]

"Detroit, They can shoot all the people they want"

Made me laugh, I lived up that way back in 67'.

As for kitties, for some years, years back, I lived out on an old farm, we had indoor cats, indoor-outdoor cats and outdoor free roaming cats. Though I don't miss the wife, I do miss the critters. Wish I'd been able to take Tony the dog with me as the wife had requested. But Tony, much like the cats had lived a free life, never penned, or chained, was usually home but once in a wail was seen a mile away visiting the dog down the way. ah those were the days, well some of them anyway.

I do hope you know my comment about "live fire" was a smack and not an excuse for their actions.

[logic]

Actually, I did put down a fox that was hit by a car once, it wasn't hard to him from five feet...He didn't suffer any longer.

[Tom602]

Actually, I did put down a fox that was hit by a car once, it wasn't hard to him from five feet...He didn't suffer any longer.

Yes, but did you pick up the fox and drive it out of town to kill it?

[logic]

What, get closer than five feet from a wounded, wild animal?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? No, it was un-incorporated county land and I was on my way to work. (I didn't hit him...)

[paul51]

Wait. They pepper-sprayed it. Then Tasered it. Then took it out of town and SHOT it? What the Hell...? This does not seem normal.

It's not every day you have an opportunity to test all your systems. They probably used the siren and lights on the way out of town to see if those worked too.

[Vicomte13]

"It's not every day you have an opportunity to test all your systems. They probably used the siren and lights on the way out of town to see if those worked too."

Yeah, I guess you're right.
They didn't tell us what they shot it with.
Maybe riot shotguns AND sidearms AND rubber bullets AND tear gas. Maybe in the reverse order

[paul51]

No doubt they squeezed a little practice in with the ASP to

[Vicomte13]

Why didn't they call the Roto-Rooter guy in while they were at it.
Geez.

[Springman]

Detroit in 67, hope none of your friends took you to a "blind pig".

I was only 4, don't remember much, just I was sick and my Dad had a wedding to go to in Penn.

BTW, I just have a soft spot for kitties, and your comment was good.

Guess we need to have an exchange program for cops.

[Axenolith]

When Spawn (my cat) had 'nads, he'd be out engaged in battle or singing the blues and people would take the hose to him. Worked for a while but after a few times he got wise to that, you could tell when he started coming home dry instead of wet and with a 'tude.

When he fought he come home covered with blood and cat slobber, usually both from the other cat. During "fighting season" his fur is thick as hell and provides a near impenetrable shield. It's hell getting ticks out of it though (which happens when we leave a Frontline gap).

BTW, I've observed that Frontline appears to kick ass on ear mites too...

[Sassy_Sissy]

Wait. They pepper-sprayed it. Then Tasered it. Then took it out of town and SHOT it? What the Hell...? This does not seem normal.

Not normal at all. The tazer probably burned it's insides up.

[Sassy_Sissy]

So how many cats have you dropped in a field so they can slowly starve to death?