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Case #15202 Rating: 1.0 out of 5
Cat severely beaten
Lawrence, KS (US)Incident Date: Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008
County: Douglas
Charges: Felony CTA
Disposition: Convicted
Defendant/Suspect: Cem Basoflas
Basoflas has another pending animal cruelty charge stemming from an arrest on Aug. 19. Police records for that incident listed Sarah Geisler, a nurse with the Lawrence Veterinary Hospital, as a witness.
Geisler said the August police report was filed after Basoflas brought a cat into the hospital. Geisler said veterinary technicians found that the cat had nine fractured ribs and a fractured sternum and was struggling to breathe because of a punctured lung. Geisler described the incident as the worst case of animal cruelty she had ever seen.
The cat is now living at the Lawrence Veterinary Hospital, Geisler said.
Midge Grinstead, director of the Lawrence Humane Society, said the humane society had investigated Basoflas before the August incident but did not have enough evidence to bring its suspicions of abuse to the police.
Grinstead said the humane society was involved in the current investigation and thought Basoflas had exhibited a pattern of abusive behavior.
Grinstead said she thought Basoflas obtained the animal or animals involved in the alleged cruelty incidents through Web sites such as Craigslist and Larryville.com. References
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