Airguns. And they can leave cats maimed, or even dead. What pleasure can anyone possibly get from going out, and shooting an animal . I cant believe that someone would actually physically do it, you know, attack someone elses pet. I want to find out what compels anyone to shoot a cat. And what can be done to stop it. Georgie people just see you as a cat, but youre mummys special baby boy, arent you . This is george the cat at home near gloucester, after spending the last week in intensive care. George went out on boxing day morning, for his usual runaround. After about 15 minutes, he came back in, he was crying quite a lot. When he didnt improve, his owner, helen, took him to the vet. They gave him a shave, and thats when they saw that he had been injured. Reseller, has he been bitten by something . They said, its a pellet. So, the vet tells you your cats been shot . We werejust gobsmacked, we were like, sorry . It was just. It was such a shock, we just couldnt believe it. George had a
Typically we would see. Its slowly moving through. Toa. The rain is already breaking over Lehigh Valley, berks county. For the rest of us, though, at least until lunchtime, likely rain. The early afternoon, we good news, its not terribly heavy. Its mostly a light to steady rain. Current temperatures are mild. 45 in allentown. 50 in philadelphia and 53 in droefr. Look how much warmer this is than yesterday morning at this time. Were talking 15 to 25 degrees warmer than yesterday. Unlike yesterday, where the conditions picked up throughout the afternoon, not going to happen today. The rain, the cloud cover, we stay where we are. Pretty much consistently. Well track this out neighborhood by neighborhood and what to expect during the workweek coming up. And this is what the eagles and patriots will play for next sunday. The Vince Lombardi super bowl trophy. It arrived in minneapolis yesterday by fedex truck. Former vikings all pro center matt burke carried the hardware inside the super bow
You are moneys special baby boy. Arent you . This is george the cat at home near gloucester, after spending the last week in intensive care. George went out on boxing day morning, for his usual runaround. After about 15 minutes, he came back in, he was crying quite a lot. When he didnt improve, his owner, helen, took him to be that. Took him to the vet. They gave him a shave, and thats when they saw that he had been injured. They said no, its a pellet. So, the vet tells you your cats been shot. We werejust gobsmacked, we were like, sorry . It was just. It was such a shock, we just couldnt believe it. George had a perforated gall bladder, a hole in his diaphragm, and a tear in his liver. He was rushed in for emergency surgery. It was a very long night waiting for that call. It was three and a bit hours, but it seemed like a lifetime, just sat there waiting for the phone to ring. We felt sick, we were tearful, we just didnt know what to do with ourselves. So, we have never got through so
Question, but whod shoot a cat . Hopefully none of us. But there are people out there who would and have. We are a nation of cat lovers, but our feline friends face a surprising menace airguns. And they can leave cats maimed, or even dead. What pleasure can anyone possibly get from going out, and shooting an animal . I cant believe that someone would actually physically do it, you know, attack someone elses pet. I want to find out what compels anyone to shoot a cat. And what can be done to stop it. Georgie people just see you as a cat, but youre mummys special baby boy, arent you . This is george the cat at home near gloucester, after spending the last week in intensive care. George went out on boxing day morning, for his usual runaround. After about 15 minutes, he came back in, he was crying quite a lot. When he didnt improve, his owner, helen, took him to the vet. They gave him a shave, and thats when they saw that he had been injured. Reseller, has he been bitten by something . They
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