PLEASE KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON YOUR ANIMALS THIS MONTH!!!

[David In Indy]

Last night somebody threw a dead cat up on my neighbor's porch. Not only that, they cut the cat's head off.

To make a long story short, the police told us there has been a rash of animal killings here in the run-up to Halloween. If you own a cat (espeically a black cat) or even a dog, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep a very close eye on them. I cannot believe this activity is isolated to only my city and state. This seems to happen every year, but for some reason it is worse this year and the activity is starting up earlier than normal.

I saw the cat and it was obvious the animal died a very violent death. Please keep an eye on your animals this month. 

[injest]

poor kitty. Thanks for the reminder, David...

[Kerry]

Oh my God, David, how absolutely despicable. I despair of human nature at times. What satisfaction could anyone possibly get from doing such a dreadful thing to a little cat? But what am I saying? They do it to other human beings, so what hope do poor, defenseless little animals have? Very sad. Keep your little ones safe, everyone.

[Katie77]

OMG...what kind of people do this?

[Jeff Wrangler]

That's just awful! The poor thing! (And I'm not even a cat person!) 

[CellarDweller]

Many years ago, we had a cat who was an outdoor cat.  She "adopted" us and as hard as we tried to keep her indoors, it wasn't going to work.

One Halloween, she came home covered in kerosene.  Apparently, someone on "Mischief Night" tried to set her on fire.  She managed to get away (probably bit the hell out of whoever had her).

However, when she tried to clean herself, she injested the kerosene.  We rushed her to the vet, and they managed to clean her and medicate her to counteract whatever she swallowed.

Thankfully, she survived the ordeal.

[Artiste]

David, it might be something similar in the last city I was in.

There was a poster someone did and it stated that cats were been taken away,  but no one knew whom were stealing them.

Maybe there was a movie which showed about cat stealing?


Au revoir,
hugs!

[Kelda]

oh my goodness, thats HORRIBLE

[David In Indy]

I honestly can't imagine any of the kids in the neighborhood doing something like this. A few of the kids get into some fairly innocent mischief but I don't think they are capable of doing something so heinous as killing a cat and cutting his head off. I think whomever committed this murder probably lives in a different neighborhood. At least I hope so. My state has some very strict animal cruelty laws, so if the perpetrators are ever caught they will be in some very serious trouble.

Anyway, I know this is not a pleasant thread at all, but I felt I should pass this on to the rest of you.

[Artiste]

DRUGS CAN MAKE SOME BE CRUEL TO ANIMALS !!

Unfortunately!