Posted on 10/29/2009 1:20:09 AM PDT by myknowledge
A wealthy woman who poisoned her neighbour's Abyssinian cats with tuna laced with anti-freeze has been ordered to pay £1,500 in compensation to the distraught owner.
Katherine Hall, 57, put the deadly tins of tuna in her garden to stop Nush and Mr Baz urinating on her strawberries.
The court heard that the five-and-a-half year old cats died in agony a few days later.
When police searched Hall's garden they found remnants of the deadly meal, and a cat-scaring machine.
Owner Andrew Boyd said it was a 'disgrace' that Hall did not receive a harsher punishment.
'I don't want to see anyone going to jail, but she should have been banned from having animals, and given community service at least,' he said.
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"Ahhhh, but the strawberries, that's where I had them."
Kitty ping.
ping
What a witch. If she were a little smarter she might have realized that berries like a higly acidic soil and the cats were helping it get to be that way.
Cats in a garden are bad news, see my post above, 14% (actually much higher) of cat owners are infected with thier cats worms, you have parasites in your body, scary huh? But true ... I mean big ones too, large worms ...
LOL. I showed that picture to some of my family members when it first come out. You won’t believe the grief I got. I though it was funny.
Killing any animal with anti-freeze is torture. The amount of agony they go through is horrific.
Cat Owner’s Home Veterinary Handbook, one teaspoon of antifreeze is enough to kill the average sized cat in 12 to 36 hours after swallowing it. A teaspoon of antifreeze is also strong enough to kill a dog that weighs 20 pounds or less. The smaller the pet, the easier it is for them to be killed by antifreeze.
In both dogs and cats, the first symptoms of antifreeze poisoning is loss of coordination - often described as walking like a drunken sailor. Cats often vomit, become incredibly weak, begin convulsing or go into a coma. After losing their coordination, dogs will become extremely confused, vomit and suddenly collapse.
The big danger is that the kidneys will suddenly shut down. Once they shut down, the dog or cat will soon die. Any dog or cat experiencing these symptoms needs to be taken to an emergency veterinary clinic as soon as possible. Do not wait.
Treatment In Cats
Many cat books recommend getting the cat to vomit if you absolutely know that it’s antifreeze he or she drank. However, the cat will most likely be vomiting already, so this step will most likely be unnecessary. If you happen to catch your cat in the act of drinking antifreeze and the cat has not yet vomited and is not convulsing or unconscious, then induce vomiting by either:
Giving one teaspoon of syrup of ipecac per 10 pounds of the cat’s bodyweight Mix one teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide per 5 pounds of the cat’s bodyweight with twice as much water
Get the cat to the vet for intravenous alcohol treatment.
Treatment In Dogs
Many dogs books, such as The Veterinarians’ Guide to Your Dog’s Symptomsdo not recommend getting the dog to vomit. Instead, they recommend giving the dog activated charcoal only if you have it and speed the dog to the vet as quickly as possible for antidotes (usually 4-methylpyrazole) and intravenous drip.
I appreciate the heads-up, but I won’t be pinging this one. May somebody force-feed that witch some antifreeze.
To say the woman ain't right is too kind.
Who force fed the antifreeze to the cats?
Squirrels and birds do not have owners who have control over their behavior. And we are NOT talking about eating the strawberries, we're talking about urinating and defecating on them.
Maybe I could get your address as well. It would give me a couple of options for my cat's litter box.
You're assuming the witch told the owners of the cats what they were doing.
So do children.
Agreed.
Dealing with the neighbors troublesome pets can be tiring. When our bitch was in heat every freaking dog in the neighborhood started showing up at all times of the night. My response; strapping a 12 volt battery onto my back with million candle power spotlight, following the spooked dogs home and knocking on the door, politely asking the owner to keep their dog tied up. Worked.
Solution number two; tried by my wife’s outlaw cousins. Take the cat that was pissing under their porch, and after repeated attempts at negotiating with the neighbors who refused to keep the cat on their own property, spraying the cat’s ass with bright orange paint. Kind’ve worked....
First request, maybe even second and third requests are in order for asking a neighbor to contain an unruly pet. After that, accept the consequences, because I’ll probably be reacting in anger.
This ladies mistake was not getting rid of all her evidence, evidently the cat owner already knew of the problems her cats were causing just to be naming her as a suspect. Remember the farmers SSS method of dealing with a problem predator.....
no, no assumption. read the last line of my post about wondering if the neighbors had spoken.
AND, I proactively watch and monitor the behaviour of my pets.
The stray cats committed suicide by eating food that was not theirs.
And you're assuming the owners of the cats had no idea what cats do when they're let outside to roam without supervision.
Mr Baz had been touted as a future champion Abyssinian cat, with the father of both cats, each valued at £700, having been a supreme champion at 'best of show' events.
These were expensive show cats, and the owners let them go in and out of their home at their leasure. Is it likely that owners of expensive breed cats have no clue of the nature of those creatures?
Oh yay! Another one. Can my cat use your garden as a litter box, too?
BTW, they weren't just urinating, they were defecating. Oh, but I guess you're just gonna tell me that's fertilizer.
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