Cat shot with pellet gun, resulting in amputation Altus, OK (US) Incident Date: Saturday, Feb 18, 2006 County: Jackson Local Map: available Disposition: Open Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help!

Case ID: 7578 Classification: Shooting Animal: cat View more cases in OK (US) Animal was offleash or loose Login to Watch this Case

Dr. John Thomas, of Westside Animal Clinic, said that on Feb. 18 an airman who recently moved on base brought a mixed breed long-haired cat to the clinic with the area just above her right carpal, or wrist bone, shattered. When Thomas first looked at the leg, he said, it appeared to have a bad abscess with swelling and dripping pus.

Upon further examination and an X-ray the following Monday, however, he saw the remnants of a pellet in the leg. �We had bones coming out of it everywhere,� he said, adding that the cat had no blood flow to the foot and �it was going to fall off anyway.�

On Feb 21, Helena�s leg was amputated up to the shoulder, Thomas said, because a cat just doesn�t understand that it�s not supposed to walk on a stump.

Helena is the victim of someone out there with a pellet gun, and Thomas, as well as Helena�s owner, want the message to get out that shooting live animals is not a game.

�It might wake some parent up to not give a pellet gun to an irresponsible kid,� Thomas said. �They get all these ... pellet guns and they don�t know what they�re doing. If parents could just understand, when you get a kid a pellet gun you�re not giving em� a toy.�

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Altus Times - Feb 27, 2006

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