I have taken care of cats regularly since 1997 when my hubby and moved into this house. Since then we've rescued over 50 cats out of our own finances. Today, a man that lives in an apartment down the road from us brought us a tiny sandy colored kitten approximately 12 weeks old. The kitten was injured by another person that lives near this guy. Apparently this complete b*st*rd swung this poor little kitten against the wall by his tail. Two hours later this same man brought us another cat - full grown male - that had been beaten and kicked. He had blood on his chin and his nose had been bleeding, and he was limping. It was very sad. We found out there was a second tiny kitten that had actually been killed by this creep.
We took the two live cats in to the vet on an emergency call, and the tiny kitten may have a broken pelvis, broken femur, or both. We probably won't know the details until tomorrow. I was happy beyond words that the doctors didn't think that the kitten has a spinal cord injury because he was laying so still when he first came to us that I was really worried about that. Then if he DID move, he would just shriek with pain - which was heart breaking. The doctor also said his breathing was rapid so his diaphram may be ruptured (!!!!!)
The adult cat was super spooked either by his maltreatment by this guy or the fact that he was pulled from familiar surroundings and taken to us, or both. He wouldn't eat though, and that made me worry he might have internal injuries. The doctor is also going to have to do an autopsy on the dead kitten, and document with photos - a job I will never envy her for.
The man that did these horrible things is facing 3 felony cats of animal cruelty which carries a sentence of 2-5 years PER charge! Pray with me that he will get the max sentence on each charge. He has already been arrested (woohoo!) When the officer took the information to the station, it was the prosecuting attorney that "demanded" that all of these tests be done on the live cats and the autopsy on the deceased kitten. Keep fingers crossed for me that the state will pay the expenses on these things too, because it may be around $1000 and I do NOT have that kind of money!
I will update you on the condition of the cats as I hear about them.
Lori
We took the two live cats in to the vet on an emergency call, and the tiny kitten may have a broken pelvis, broken femur, or both. We probably won't know the details until tomorrow. I was happy beyond words that the doctors didn't think that the kitten has a spinal cord injury because he was laying so still when he first came to us that I was really worried about that. Then if he DID move, he would just shriek with pain - which was heart breaking. The doctor also said his breathing was rapid so his diaphram may be ruptured (!!!!!)
The adult cat was super spooked either by his maltreatment by this guy or the fact that he was pulled from familiar surroundings and taken to us, or both. He wouldn't eat though, and that made me worry he might have internal injuries. The doctor is also going to have to do an autopsy on the dead kitten, and document with photos - a job I will never envy her for.
The man that did these horrible things is facing 3 felony cats of animal cruelty which carries a sentence of 2-5 years PER charge! Pray with me that he will get the max sentence on each charge. He has already been arrested (woohoo!) When the officer took the information to the station, it was the prosecuting attorney that "demanded" that all of these tests be done on the live cats and the autopsy on the deceased kitten. Keep fingers crossed for me that the state will pay the expenses on these things too, because it may be around $1000 and I do NOT have that kind of money!
I will update you on the condition of the cats as I hear about them.
Lori