Cat shot with BB gun Dillon, CO (US) Incident Date: Sunday, May 16, 2004 County: Summitt Local Map: available Disposition: Open Case Images: 1 files available Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help!

Case ID: 2342 Classification: Shooting Animal: cat View more cases in CO (US) Animal was offleash or loose Login to Watch this Case

Summit County Animal control officers are investigating the shooting of a cat in Dillon Valley Sunday evening. Animal Control officials received a call around 6 p.m. Sunday from a woman who had heard a cat crying and found it in a culvert on Alpine Road near Dillon Valley Elementary School. The cat had two puncture wounds along her spine and couldn't move her back legs.

Animal control officers stabilized the cat, a spayed chocolate-point Siamese, and took it to Alpine Veterinary Practice in Dillon.

Monday morning, veterinarian Michelle Gross took X-rays and found two BBs lodged in the cat's spine, each an inch to an inch-and-a-half apart from the other. She had been shot within the past day, Gross said.

Gross plans to call a specialist in Denver to see if the BBs can be removed and the cat's movement restored. If not, it is likely she will have to be euthanized.

Craig said it appears the perpetrator shot the cat at close range, possible even from above or behind, as there was no injury to the cat's sides.

Animal control officials are also trying to locate the owner of the cat, as she seems otherwise well cared for and is very sociable. Students and teachers from the elementary school say they have seen the cat in the area recently.

Anyone who might know the owner of the cat or who might have shot it are asked to call the Summit County Animal Shelter at (970) 668-3230.

If you have information on this case, please contact:
Summit County Animal Shelter
(970) 668-3230

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