A selection of cat attack headlines on stuff.co.nz, 28 Sep 2018

We rarely post on this blog about cases of cruelty to cats – either the reports we see in the news or the stories told to us personally by people who have had their cat threatened, injured or killed.

There are a lot of these cases in New Zealand, and we don’t want to turn the blog into a weekly “crime report.”

But we believe that cat owners need to know that allowing their pets to roam freely makes them vulnerable to assault.

So, once in a while, we mention one of these cases as a reminder to all cat owners, that one of the best things you can do for your cat is to keep it safe, by keeping it at home.

Last weekend, an 11-year-old free-roaming cat in Christchurch was shot in the leg. With a gun. In the city, for goodness sake. This was a family pet, who has now had her leg amputated.

She is lucky that this was a non-lethal wound. The next cat might not be.

There are, after all, people who take offence when a roaming cat wanders through their garden. And there are other who simply seem to enjoy hurting animals.

» Read the story on stuff.co.nz

28 Sept 2018

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Two cats shot in northwest Auckland

An Auckland woman is “terrified” to let her cats outside after one was shot in the leg – causing its limb to be amputated.

Lee Attwell’s five-month-old tabby Sadie had her leg removed after she was shot by a .22 calibre bullet.

Sadie came rushing and screaming into her Kumeu home about 2.30pm on September 8. The kitten ran into a bedroom and hid under the bed, Attwell said.

Read the rest of the story at stuff.co.nz

[17 Sep 2017]

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It’s great to see that Zep, the cat shot with an arrow a few days ago, seems to be recovering (see video).

But the North Taranaki SPCA says another cat was shot with a rifle in the same area about a week ago, and died. It is not known whether the two attacks on cats are related.

The story is on stuff.co.nz

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A cat belonging to a family in the Taranaki town of Inglewood struggled home with an arrow through the top of its head. The vet reckons the arrow may have been there a day and a half.

According to stuff.co.nz:

North Taranaki SPCA spokeswoman Jackie Poles Smith said the animal was hit and left injured, which is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act. Penalties include up to $75,000 in fines and/or three years in prison.

Don’t hold your breath waiting for anyone to get a sentence like that for ‘merely’ attempting to kill someone’s pet.

Please think twice before deciding to let your cat roam off your property.

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More than 100 people have liked their Facebook page, and the group has put fliers in neighbourhoods across Melbourne, threatening to trap or shoot any cats that roam.

If you have the stomach for it, you can read the story on the Herald Sun website. Surprisingly, the story says the RSPCA declined to comment.

15 July 2016

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