About 10-15 feral cats shot and maimed
Honolulu, HI (US)Incident Date: Thursday, May 31, 2001
County: Honolulu
Disposition: Open
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University of Hawaii campus security is investigating a case of cruelty to animals after a professor reportedly chased off an unidentified man shooting at a colony of cats on May 31. This was not an isolated incident.
Captain Donald Dawson, head of University of Hawaii Campus Security said, "There are probably 10 or 15 incidences of cats being shot or maimed in one way or other but nobody saw anything happen to them.
On May 6 a cat was found dead near a parking lot. A necropsy found "the cat had been shot and that the bullet had passed through the lungs and directly through the body."
David Karl, oceanography professor, says for about 10 years he has been among those caring for the cats. The population is estimated at between 200 and 300.
"When you feed cats every night, you kind of know them by name. Over the last month we've been having two things happening: Cats have been disappearing, and cats have been showing up to eat with large wounds that get infected pretty quickly."
Security has reported three incidents since May 31, when Karl reported he saw a man less than 20 feet away aiming a 10- to 12-inch gun at a colony of cats. He said he heard two shots.
The man was described as 5 foot 10 inches tall, 165 pounds, wearing a black jacket, black pants and black baseball cap.
Eva Holt, spokeswoman for the Hawaiian Humane Society, said people should not take any act of cruelty to animals lightly because studies show many links between violence against animals and violence against people.
Anyone with information regarding these attacks please call the Humane Society at 946-2187, they have a 24-hour dispatcher to accept calls.
References- Honolulu Star-Bulletin - June 9, 2001
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