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Yet Another Indoor-Only-Cat Reason
(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. -- ------ If you're an insomniac, agnostic, dyslexic do you lay awake at night wondering if there is a dog? ----- |
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enlightened us with... (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. Many, many more cases of things like this at www.pet-abuse.com. It's a sick world we live in these days. ------------------------------------------------- ~kaeli~ Black holes were created when God divided by 0. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace ------------------------------------------------- |
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