Owners horror after pregnant cat shot twice with air rifle (From This Is Local London)

great to hear cat is going to be ok, & hope thugs who done this will be soon caught, but! as beautiful as this cat is please please always spey/neuter. not fair on the cats health & too many rescue cats looking for homes, are PTS because rescue centres are full

No offence bodon prifiz, but this appears to be a very rare breed of cat so I would imagine that the kittens would have homes to go to already. I for one think this is a beautiful animal so I would imagine that all the kittens will have a home, and not be send them to rescue centres.

i am really, really sad to hear a cat was shot (again!) but she should have been spayed a.s.a.p. why would this woman want to bring more animals into a world where there is such little respect for them? because she is a breeder, wants to make some money and therefore has very little respect for the animals herself. i've had it with breeders! every excuse in the world to make some dosh.

trasie, just because this breed is rare and beautiful (not more so than other breeds, thank you) does not mean they will go to safe homes or have a safe place in life. they could go to a very loving, caring person and still be hurt at the hands of others, just as this mother cat was. why make more animals when there are plenty in need of good homes *right now*?

trasie wrote:
No offence bodon prifiz, but this appears to be a very rare breed of cat so I would imagine that the kittens would have homes to go to already. I for one think this is a beautiful animal so I would imagine that all the kittens will have a home, and not be send them to rescue centres.

well over 100 000 healthy dogs & TWICE that amount of cats (in that figure yes rare breeds) are PTS every year because of lack of homes due to irresponsible breeders. I also understand what you are saying(re rare breeds) but i dont support that view,when said cat is only a year old! they are suseptible to pymera cancers & other dangerous conditions. Also with a law passed last year. ALL breeders be it 1 litter or 20!!!! must now declare all monies earned to the inland revenue. At the end of the day it all comes down to MONEY

bodon prifiz wrote:
great to hear cat is going to be ok, & hope thugs who done this will be soon caught, but! as beautiful as this cat is please please always spey/neuter. not fair on the cats health & too many rescue cats looking for homes, are PTS because rescue centres are full

Folks, you don't know me, so I accept your comments are written from what you've read and what you have interpreted from that - she is my sweet girl, I am not a breeder, she was rescued by me from a breeder, already pregnant!
She was due to be speyed when we found out she was pregnant again - certainly not deliberate, all the kittens had homes to go to, it was only being pregnant that saved her life. She was actually shot 3 times and the third pellet that should have killed her shattered her uterus and killed the babies - she is currently at the vets having undergone surgery to remove the babies, bullets and spey her. All my pets are rescues - I AM NOT NOT A BREEDER.

trasie wrote:
No offence bodon prifiz, but this appears to be a very rare breed of cat so I would imagine that the kittens would have homes to go to already. I for one think this is a beautiful animal so I would imagine that all the kittens will have a home, and not be send them to rescue centres.

Trasie
Thank you for your kind comment, she is indeed very rare and beautiful, all the kittens had homes and I was not 'charging' for them. I just wanted her to be speyed and healthy, we had tried to keep her in and away from un-neutered Toms, as she was still feeding her first kitten - but she got out and we found out only last Saturday she was pregnant again. The kittens saved her life, the third bullet shattered her uterus and had she not been pregnant with her swollen 'belly' she would have been killed - the point of this story is to try and find out who did this and alert other pet owners in the area. I have both dogs and cats and all apart from one are rescue animals, I donate to 2 different animal charities each month

emelem wrote:
i am really, really sad to hear a cat was shot (again!) but she should have been spayed a.s.a.p. why would this woman want to bring more animals into a world where there is such little respect for them? because she is a breeder, wants to make some money and therefore has very little respect for the animals herself. i've had it with breeders! every excuse in the world to make some dosh.

trasie, just because this breed is rare and beautiful (not more so than other breeds, thank you) does not mean they will go to safe homes or have a safe place in life. they could go to a very loving, caring person and still be hurt at the hands of others, just as this mother cat was. why make more animals when there are plenty in need of good homes *right now*?

Emelem - you really should think about what you write, I am not a breeder, quite the contrary, all my pets (except one) including Amber were rescues. I am a responsible owner and all my animals are speyed and neutered - my vets bill would prove that! All her unborn babies had homes to go to and I was not charging for them - the point of the story is to try and find out who did this - not promote the breed or 'breeding' pursae,

I too have a rescue cat who is 17 yrs old now, who has been spayed and is a very old but beautiful girl. My point was, not to assume that the cat is being mistreated and uncared for because she is/was pregnant. Some things are not as they first seem. I hope she makes a full recovery and best wishes to her owner.

Bronnie 217 wrote:

emelem wrote:
i am really, really sad to hear a cat was shot (again!) but she should have been spayed a.s.a.p. why would this woman want to bring more animals into a world where there is such little respect for them? because she is a breeder, wants to make some money and therefore has very little respect for the animals herself. i've had it with breeders! every excuse in the world to make some dosh.

trasie, just because this breed is rare and beautiful (not more so than other breeds, thank you) does not mean they will go to safe homes or have a safe place in life. they could go to a very loving, caring person and still be hurt at the hands of others, just as this mother cat was. why make more animals when there are plenty in need of good homes *right now*?

Emelem - you really should think about what you write, I am not a breeder, quite the contrary, all my pets (except one) including Amber were rescues. I am a responsible owner and all my animals are speyed and neutered - my vets bill would prove that! All her unborn babies had homes to go to and I was not charging for them - the point of the story is to try and find out who did this - not promote the breed or 'breeding' pursae,

The cat was not shot again, whoever did it shot her, reloaded the gun, shot her again then reloaded the gun and shot her the third time, probably some ignorant person like yourself did it.

And I think you are missing the whole point here, whoever shot her three times would not have known she was pregnant, she was shot for no reason by an idiot.

Sadly the $%^** who shot the cat is probably an adult who doesn't like cats crapping in their garden rather than silly little kid. Either way they (along with some of the commentors on here) should be neutered to prevent ignorance and polution of the gene pool.
I would love to know how emelem managed to come to the conclusion that the owner was a breeder who just wants to make money from reading this article. If she was only in it for the money would she give a monkeys or care enough to contact the press. Er no of course not.