Cat recovering after shot with arrow
Posted on 08/25/2008 8:31:57 AM PDT by rface
Aero almost behaves like a dog as he flips over and asks a staff member to rub his stomach. It's hard to believe the young tiger cat was shrouded in trauma just two days ago. Someone shot an arrow into his left eye and it lodged right through his sinus cavity.
"We've had cats come in where people have cut off their feet and tails and done that type of stuff to them, but this is definitely the worst," said Denise Coughling, a SPEAK animal hospital employee.
Thankfully, it missed his brain, doctors performed surgery Thursday to remove the six-inch arrow.
Cat recovering after shot with arrow
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A miracle cat is warming hearts in the Southern Tier after surviving massive abuse. Our Karen Lee introduces us to "Aero."
"The eye itself was removed first just to break away the muscle that was holding the arrow in there, and then actually once the eyeball was out, the arrow came right out," said Erin Way, a hospital technician.
Though it was a relatively simple surgery, it cost close to a thousand dollars. All of which was paid for by the non-profit hospital, but once Aero's story was heard, donations started coming and it doesn't stop there.
"We have a list of people who would love to adopt him. He is just a love, he's a mush, he loves people," said Coughlin.
In about two weeks, the stitches will be taken out, and though he'll leave for a new home soon after, the miracle kitty won't ever be forgotten.
"I've done this for over six years and I've never seen anything like that. So it's amazing," said Way.
He's expected to make a full recovery and require very little post-care. State police continue to look for the person who shot the cat. Troopers are conducting interviews with stores that may have sold the arrow.
The State police don't seem to think so...
"State police continue to look for the person who shot the cat. Troopers are conducting interviews with stores that may have sold the arrow."
Crossbow bolts (or even regular arrows) don't come cheap, and the archers I know (including myself) make all due effort to recover them. Certainly it's possible the cat could have taken an arrow accidentally just being in the wrong place at the wrong time, although with the limited info in the article, it appears to me more likely than not that it was shot intentionally.
I would guess that since the arrow missed the brain it fell from above and prolly exited through the jaw.
Cops aint all that bright either
“ducking”
Wouldn't surprise me. Heck you can't heven have a wrtist-braced sling shot in NYS. They're verboten.
Before we get too carried away with protecting all animals from harm think about the last friendly (female) mosquito or black fly which you encountered. Personally, some living creatures are best when they don’t interact with us. IMHO
Maybe it was Steve Martin’s cat going out disguised as him with the little kitty arrow throw the head.
Oops, throw=through
“We’ve had cats come in where people have cut off their feet and tails and done that type of stuff to them, but this is definitely the worst,”
Now, maybe this is just me, but I would consider deliberately maiming an animal much worse than attempting to kill it. Although I wouldn’t do it, and I know many here would disagree, somebody may have felt they had a legimate reason to kill this cat as a pest. You know, the usual stuff - killing songbirds, crapping in the flower gardens, spraying stuff, etc. Although, if you’re going to kill an animal, you ought to at least ensure that the job is done right.
Poor baby. How could anyone do anything like that to an animal? I’m so glad he survived this and will go somehwere where he will be loved for the rest of his life. There has to be a special place in h*ll for someone who would do anything like this!
You missed the whole point of the quote, then.
Certainly, St. Francis would not disqualify man from defending himself from wild animals. His point, although made some 700 years old, really has less to do with animals than it does other people. It is a cautionary suggestion that those who have a penchant for inflicting wanton and unnecessary cruelty on animals will generally have no moral proscription against doing so to their fellow man. Like it or not, this has been born out in any number of studies of serial offenders, a significant percentage of whom have all indulged in animal torture.
Just as you say, "Personally, some living creatures are best when they don’t interact with us. IMHO." Some of these living creatures are other people. St. Francis was not defending the mosquitoes and the black flies, so much as he was warning us about the Dahmers, the Berkowitz's, the DeSalvos and the Klebolds.
We have splashdown!!! Kitty went in the drink yesterday afternoon. Next: a tankful of Oscars for kitty to drink from. We’ll see how many times he gets his tongue yanked before he learns.
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