Rogue SOTIC Grad???

[MVP]

NM officials look for sniper who killed cat
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Someone shot and killed a neighborhood cat that was sitting on the porch of a house, leaving residents of the quiet part of northeast Albuquerque on edge and city animal welfare officials looking for clues as to who might be responsible.

The black and white cat, named Pris, was brought to the city's animal welfare department by a resident after being found dead Monday night. City spokesman Chris Ramirez said X-rays showed a bullet lodged near the cat's ribs.

The case was referred to Albuquerque police and the animal's body was sent to the state veterinary laboratory for a necropsy. City officials were still waiting for the results Thursday, but they hoped the caliber of the bullet and other details might be gleaned from the tests so they could determine whether to move forward with an investigation.

"The reason we take this so serious is because if somebody were caught, they could face extreme cruelty to animal charges and it is against the law to shoot a firearm within city limits," Ramirez said. "Those are two crimes that are both felonies that we think are pretty serious."

While the sniping of the cat appears to be an isolated shooting, neighbors who were fond of the cat are not taking it lightly.

Margaret Schulte said she and her next-door neighbor had cared for Pris since he was a kitten. They initially thought it was a female cat — and named it Prissy — but a neutering trip to a local veterinarian determined otherwise. The name, Pris for short, still stuck.

Schulte said her neighbor went out Monday night and was looking over her garden when she saw the cat lying there dead. He frequented the space between the two houses and often sat on adjacent porches and patios.

"It was near her porch and our back door. What if they had missed the cat and hit our house?" asked Schulte, who has lived in the otherwise quiet neighborhood with other retirees and families for the past six years.

"Some people are saying we shouldn't make such a fuss over a cat, but that's not the object," she said. "There's somebody in the area with a gun and they could shoot a child. That's what we're worried about, the safety of the children in the neighborhood."

City officials said they weren't aware of any similar cases in at least the last two years.



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[Pete]

Outside cat.

Nuff said.

We have about 4 "neighborhood cats". Couple of families feed them. Causes a dust up in the neighborhood every now and again.

They are the cats Possum Killer chases around the block and over a fence when we go out to get the paper.

[mark46th]

Possum Killer!?! My two Westies have killed 5 possums in the last month. If my neighbor's cats would come down off the fence, they would get them, too...

[MVP]

I really had to laugh when I found the article. We used to do this when I was a kid driving around town at night. Used them for coyote bait. When not needed immediately they were kept hidden from grandpa in the apple storage for our orchards. Standard velocity 22 shorts are subsonic and virtually silent when fired from a rifle (even today).

Don't recall anything was ever said about the disappearing cats...


MVP

[mojaveman]

Times have sure changed. An autopsy for a cat that was shot? That was probably done by some teenage boys who had too much time on their hands. I grew up in rural area 40 years ago and it was standard procedure that when a stray dog came onto your property it became fair game. Air rifles were an effective non-lethal deterent but some of the old school folks chose a rifle or shotgun.

[longrange1947]

Yeah, you should have seen the bill for the "CAT" Scan and "Lab" work.

MVP - SOTIC grad would have gone for the head.

[Team Sergeant]

I have a solid alibi.........

[Richard]

Border control on my AOR is a Winchester Model 25 12 Ga. pump for two-legged critters and a Daisy 880 .177 Cal. pump air rifle for squirrels and other pesky four-legged critters. I've never had to use my Winchester...yet...but my air rifle works like a champ and doesn't bother the neighbors at all.

And so it goes...

Richard

[craigepo]

Feral cats are very hard on small game, notably quail, which are having serious population problems. Any cat found afield, that makes it past the bird dogs, gets shotgunned.

[longrange1947]

Feral cats are hard on all birds and one the main reason for song bird deaths. They are not granted a free pass on my property. I follow the 3 Ss, shoot, shovel, silence.

[Tress]

Originally posted by longrange1947:

Feral cats are hard on all birds and one the main reason for song bird deaths. They are not granted a free pass on my property. I follow the 3 Ss, shoot, shovel, silence.

Agreed that feral cats are a problem, but so are the neighborhood cats that have not been declawed and are allowed to roam. Though, I never bothered with the shovel portion of your 3 S's erradication method. I would take the corpses into the woods in the hope that the coyotes would develop a taste for "feline tar tare" and just take it upon themselves to rid the area of both feral and roaming housecats. It seemed to work as the local cat population dwindled to virtually nothing.

A few of the coyotes that roamed my old neighborhood in PA:


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Originally Posted by craigepo

Feral cats are very hard on small game, notably quail, which are having serious population problems. Any cat found afield, that makes it past the bird dogs, gets shotgunned.

Last Christmas, my mother asked if I would shoot about 20-30 cats. Toms and momma cats had gone unchecked. The old Barn Owl (and seasonal family) used to do a good job, but she finally died, aged NLT 10 years. Some would say a live well lived, but I digress....

Upon returning, a few hours later, I had a fully loaded handcart piled high, with, guessing 20+ cats. My mother, bless her heart said, "...not those cats, those were the nice ones,...they were so gentle."

I said, "Mom, you needed to be more specific, how was I to know, ...a little more information would have helped."

"I wanted you to shoot the wild ones."

"Sorry mom, after the first gun shot, didn't see any wild ones, besides, these were close, some sitting on the fence and front porch,... got that one (finger pointing), while it was drinking milk."

Always liked having one or two cats around, keeping the mice population in check, but between bird dogs, hawks/owls, cats have a tough lot assigned to them.

Cats are tasty though.

[cetheridge]

Originally Posted by wet dog

Cats are tasty though.

WD....a member of PETA? People Eating Tasty Animals

Ahhh, yes.....Cat...."the other white meat"!

TS/Penn....any good recipes for cat?

[longrange1947]

Tress, any cat loose is a Feral cat as far as I am concerned.

[mark46th]

Feral cats have killed more quail than I could in a lifetime...