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Case ID: 6790
Classification: Unlawful Trapping/Hunting, Beating
Animal: cat
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47 cats beaten with baseball bats, 20 die
Danbury, CT (US)

Incident Date: Thursday, Jun 30, 2005
County: Fairfield

Disposition: Open

Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help!

According to property owners, a group of teenagers had tortured cats, poisoning them, laying out steel traps and bludgeoning them with a baseball bat. More than 20 cats were killed. 

Volunteers from the Danbury Animal Welfare Society literally had to herd cats in August at a farm on Sheriden Road. It took several visits before they got all the cats to the group's Bethel shelter.

One cat, named Simon, had been caught in a steel trap and was severely injured. He had multiple breaks and it was deeply infected. There was a chance his leg would have to be amputated, if he survived. It didn't have to be. Simon started to get better, said Dale Wyatt, DAWS co-chairwoman. But a month after his rescue, he died as a result of his injuries.

Wyatt said police had insufficient evidence to move forward with an investigation.

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