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.
Once the perp is identified, the viking kitties will have their retribution!
That would not be an arrow, but would more likely be a cross-bow bolt. That's where I would look first. Doesn't even sound like a full-on cross-bow, but one of the smaller, pistol-like versions.
Cats have brains? Who knew?
Binghamton, NY. Sigh.
The rumble is heard from the viking kitties
“Cats have brains? Who knew?”
More than some people, it seems.
I think this happened somewhere in Maine
I truly hope and pray there is a place somewhere one day where these kinds of people who do this kind of thing to. I truly hope and pray that it is so awful that they will beg to be let out but they know there is no chance of being freed. Then turn loose the same kind of animals that these people tortured and hurt and let the perps then see what it feels like to be defenseless and attacked.
I know I should not say those kinds of things but enough is enough. No one should hurt an animal. They are so loyal and love people and just ask for kindness. People who hurt animals are not to be trusted with human beings.
A “catsickle”?
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men."
-St. Francis Assisi
I pray I never see anyone hurting an animal.
Because I will likely end up in prison for beating the leaving hell out of them.
It could have been an accident
I can just see a cat eyeballing an arrow as it falls.
Seriously. I doubt someone shot this cat on purpose
Binhamton’s on one article, Main’s on another. As in “town of”, I guess. And that would explain why the Staties are investigating and not city coppers.
Binghamton. Maine. That’s it. More caffeine.
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