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Cat recovering after shot with arrow
News 10 NY ^
| Aug 2008
| Karen Lee
Posted on 08/25/2008 8:31:57 AM PDT by rface
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To: mylife
"Seriously. I doubt someone shot this cat on purpose" 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.
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posted on
08/25/2008 9:04:03 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
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”
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posted on
08/25/2008 9:08:23 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of the Masses Could Be Farts)
To: IYAS9YAS
That bolt came from one of the small pistol cross bows and the cat is lucky it did, They are very low powered weapons.
I'm sorry that some idiot shot this kitten but don't consider this moron a hunter. That small weapon is not legal to hunt anything anywhere. It is more of a novelty than anything.
Cats should be restricted and contained just as dogs must be. If you want a cat that is fine with me but I don't want your cat. I don't want it using my flowerbeds as it's private potty station, I do not want it on my truck/car, I don't want it in my yard getting eaten by my dogs, I don't want your cat on my property.
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posted on
08/25/2008 9:18:17 AM PDT
by
oldenuff2no
(Retired AB ranger and damn proud of it!!! I served to support our constitution and our way of life.)
To: oldenuff2no; Joe 6-pack
Speaking of crossbows, looks like a permit's required in NYS...?
Crossbow criteria
Wouldn't surprise me. Heck you can't heven have a wrtist-braced sling shot in NYS. They're verboten.
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posted on
08/25/2008 9:23:15 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
To: rface
I hope they catch the sick jackass who did this and toss him in the clink for a couple decades.
If we are going to put people on a sex offender database for peeing in public, I think we need an animal cruelty database. I don't want to live anywhere near psychos like that.
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posted on
08/25/2008 9:23:44 AM PDT
by
mysterio
To: Joe 6-pack
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
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posted on
08/25/2008 9:53:19 AM PDT
by
Citizen Tom Paine
(Swift as the wind; Calmly majestic as a forest; Steady as the mountains.)
To: rface
Maybe it was Steve Martin’s cat going out disguised as him with the little kitty arrow throw the head.
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posted on
08/25/2008 9:59:02 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
( This tag blank until football season.)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/25/2008 9:59:36 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
( This tag blank until football season.)
To: rface
“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.
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posted on
08/25/2008 10:30:48 AM PDT
by
-YYZ-
(Strong like bull, smart like ox.)
To: rface
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!
To: Citizen Tom Paine; Joe 6-pack
You missed the whole point of the quote, then.
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posted on
08/25/2008 12:30:25 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: mewzilla
I don't have a clue about NYC laws. I'm an avid archer and bow hunter. We have an archery range out to 70 yards behind our home and a rifle and pistol range as well. I shoot my carry gun at least twice a week right out my back door. My 13 year old son can hit your base ball cap with his bow at over 40 yards. He shoots all the tournaments that we can haul him to. One of the things they do to make it interesting is hang dollar bills on targets at thirty yards and if they hit them they get to keep them. He cleans up.
The folks in NYC would have a coronary around here.
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posted on
08/25/2008 4:58:41 PM PDT
by
oldenuff2no
(Retired AB ranger and damn proud of it!!! I served to support our constitution and our way of life.)
To: Citizen Tom Paine; metmom
"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 dont interact with us. IMHO" 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 dont 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.
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posted on
08/26/2008 6:25:17 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: SoCal Pubbie
Maybe...I'll think about it the next time the cat falls in the aquarium. And there will be a next time.
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posted on
08/26/2008 10:44:30 AM PDT
by
gundog
(John McCain is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.)
To: SoCal Pubbie
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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posted on
09/04/2008 1:30:45 PM PDT
by
gundog
(John McCain is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.)
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