Here's a sad story about a kitten.
Kitten shot with arrow
The 11/2-pound stray underwent surgery. Tarpon Springs police are investigating.
By JACOB H. FRIES
Published August 19, 2005
TARPON SPRINGS - The kitten wobbled among a group of strays as Kathy Powers laid out breakfast Thursday morning.
The black-and-white cat stood out, tiny, 11/2 pounds, a little lost.
Powers, 44, co-owner of a sign-manufacturing business, moved closer.
A footlong arrow pierced the kitten's midsection, so close to the heart that the shaft moved with each beat.
When Powers tried to scoop it up, the 9-week-old kitten ran. It tried to slip through a fence, but the ends of the arrow held it back.
"For God's sake, it's just a little kitten," Powers said. "How can anyone justify doing that?"
The kitten, since nicknamed Archer, underwent surgery to remove the arrow Thursday afternoon. Doctors found the arrow had fractured a rib, punctured a lung and sliced through the liver, said Rick Chaboudy, director of the Humane Society of Pinellas.
"Still, this kitten has a strong will to live," Chaboudy said.
