Poor Puppy: What's wrong with people?

[Jill1228]

That is horrible! bastards!

I see they have a monetary reward. I would like to add something...giving the reward collector the opportunity to beat the shit outta the bastard who did this!

[WCUgirl]

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.

[Honeykiss1974]

I forget to update yall on Magnum, the puppy. He died from his wounds about a week ago. So far the award is up to $20,000.

That poor kitty! Aww, look at her. People that do these things to animals are tomorrow's criminals.

[AOII_LB93]

I hate people who hurt animals. I can't say that I hate anyone...but animal abusers should go to the 7th level of hell and be tortured endlessly for all eternity.

[WCUgirl]

Update! There has been an arrest!

Witnesses: To him, kitten just a tiny target

Accused of shooting a kitten with a crossbow, he hands a detective a cell phone, saying, "Talk to my attorney."

By JACOB H. FRIES
Published August 20, 2005

TARPON SPRINGS - A day after a stray kitten was found impaled with an arrow, detectives received a half-dozen tips Friday morning, all zeroing in on one man: Stephen H. Cockerill, 19, of Palm Harbor.

As a group of friends watched, police believe, Cockerill grabbed a crossbow from his truck and told them he was going to shoot a cat.

He fired once, skewering a 11/2-pound kitten through its midsection. The kitten ran away before the group could catch it.

Cockerill grabbed a second arrow, police said. He fired again at another stray cat, but missed.

"Knock it off!" one of the friends yelled, according to police.

At least two of the witnesses came forward Friday and gave detectives their account, said Tarpon Springs police Sgt. Jeff Young.

They told investigators that on Wednesday afternoon they were walking on Wesley Avenue, where Cockerill and friends work on trucks, when they noticed a group of strays. Cockerill then retrieved his crossbow.

Friday afternoon, Detective Scott Brockew went looking for Cockerill and saw him in a car along the way to Wesley Avenue. Brockew pulled the vehicle over.

When Brockew told Cockerill he was being arrested on a charge of animal cruelty, Cockerill handed the detective a cell phone, saying, "Talk to my attorney," police said.

Cockerill, who has no criminal record in Florida, was being held in the Pinellas County Jail on Friday evening in lieu of $5,000 bail. Neither he nor his family could be reached for comment.

[AOII_LB93]

Not enough can be done to prosecute this bastard. I hope his family can't post bail.

[Rollergirl2001]

That is sad. Animal cruelty among domestic animals shuld be a felon in all 50 states. I hope that PETA read this.