(I snipped this from another newsgroup and thought it fitting to post here)

Snipped form spokekesman-review.com

Family of burned cat spots him on news, hopes for his survival
Max had been missing before boy recognized him; woman hopes attackers
are punished.

The Womacks wondered where Max the cat had gone.
Max never wandered far from their Spokane Valley yard, Bernie Womack
said.
Womack and her sons were horrified to find out their beloved family pet
had been deliberately set on fire and is so badly burned he might not
survive.
"I can't believe somebody would do something like that to an animal. I'm
just hoping he doesn't die," 20-year-old Chris Womack said.
Two 17-year-olds were arrested in the Sunday night attack, which took
place near Centennial Middle School. The teenagers said they poured
gasoline and set the cat on fire because they were bored, according to
an investigation by the Spokane Valley Police Department.
Both were booked into juvenile detention on suspicion of first-degree
animal cruelty, a felony. Their names could not be obtained from Spokane
Valley police.
Bernie Womack said she hopes prosecutors don't discount the case. If the
teenagers were responsible for burning the cat, Womack said, she hopes
they get more severe punishment than community service.
"It was a family pet, but it was also a living thing and it was just so
senseless," Womack said.
Her son, Karl Womack, 17, saw a television report on the incident Monday
afternoon and recognized the cat as Max. The cat had been missing since
Sunday evening.
Karl and Chris Womack went out to the Animal Clinic at Liberty Lake on
Monday evening, hoping they were mistaken. They knew the instant they
saw the injured cat that it was Max.
The incident started at 11:30 p.m. Sunday when Spokane Valley police
were called to the scene by witnesses who had seen a burning cat running
through a field, near the intersection of Broadway and Park.
Witnesses blocked a truck at the scene so no one could drive away before
officers arrived. Spokane Valley police traced the license number on the
truck and arrested the teens at a nearby home.
Max, a brown tabby, remains at the Animal Clinic. It was still unclear
Tuesday afternoon whether he would survive.
Bernie Womack had high praise for veterinarian Mark Fosberg, who has
been caring for Max.
Fosberg has told her not to worry about the veterinary bills. People
have been calling in with offers for donations, Womack said.


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If you're an insomniac, agnostic, dyslexic do you lay
awake at night wondering if there is a dog?
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