Pregnant cat shot with arrow, another dead
Lower Yoder Township, PA (US)Incident Date: Saturday, Sep 10, 2011
County: Cambria
Charges: Misdemeanor
Disposition: Alleged
Alleged: Jack Daniel Keim
A Hollsopple man was charged Thursday with mortally injuring a pregnant cat with a bow and arrow Saturday afternoon at his workplace on St. Clair Road in Lower Yoder Township.
Jack Daniel Keim, 27, of the 100 block of Border Street, was charged by West Hills Regional police with cruelty to animals and disorderly conduct.
Police said in a criminal complaint that a woman had been providing food and water to several cats and kittens in that area on a daily basis.
On Sunday, the woman and her husband could not find the cats. When they began to check the area, they found a dead cat that appeared to have two wounds consistent with arrow wounds, the complaint said.
The pair kept searching and found the pregnant cat with similar wounds in the shoulder and neck areas. The cat was still alive, and the woman took it to a veterinarian.
The cat died two days later, the complaint said. References |
