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I'M So Angry!! Ringo has been shot with a BB Gun
Words fail me....
Last night I went outside to call Ringo in & when there was no response, I knew in my gut that there was something Very Wrong Because Ringo is always here for dinner time.... I searched the front of the house, then out the back, but there was no Ringo. I decided to leave it half an hour but when the time was up, we set out on a search party to see where he was hanging out & why he had not simply come home when we called him. By this time I was in near frantic panic, because it is soooo out of character.... Our neighbors kids joined in the search,& by 7.15pm we had over 8 people looking for him - he is ever such a popular puss because he is so friendly & will allow anyone to give him tunny tickles.. We continued to search, & kept in contact by mobile (cell phone!) At around 8.10pm, my son Ross found him. He was lying on his side in the meadow under a hedge panting. Ross called me right away & when I reached him, I could see that Ringo was panting & he had blood all over his fur just under his left eye & just under his right fore leg. I didn't have to guess too long to see what had happened to him... He had been shot, but I wasn't sure what with. Paul joined me, & we lifted him up onto a board & covered him with a blanket. I called the vet from the meadow & asked if he would see Ringo, & he told us to handle whim with care & bring him straight down there. It was obvious that Ringo was in shock & shivering too. I had no idea how long he had lain there, but the last time I could remember seeing him, was around 5.30pm, so we don't know what time this had happened. You wouldn't believe how fast my trusty old Ford escort shot down the motorway, I would never have believed it could go that fast, seriously!! On arrival, we were met, & he was seen straight away. I went into the consultation room with him, & the vet had a quick look & told me that he had to get an xray done as fast as possible, & then onto theater if nessacery to get the pellets out, because he was conerned that the pellet might have penetrated some of his organs & the fear of him dying of shock was quite possible, so they wanted to get him seen to as fast as possible, so we left them to get on with it. It is such a terrible feeling You feel so helpless;o( The vet already had assisting staff to help him because they have a 24 hour facility, so they were able to proceed immediately... We were told to go home and that they would call us as soon as they had any news for us. Just over an hour and a half later, we got a call to say that Ringo had got through the surgery. They managed to get the pellet out of his foreleg & it was logged into his bone, & also that he had got the pellet out of his jaw, but he wasn't sure if Ringo lost his sight in his out of his left eye, because it was logged so near to the optic nerve that he did consider leaving it in case he caused more damage than was already done. He also told us that the one in his leg was shot at almost blank rang too As you can imagine, we shot down there to see him, but he was very sedated, & didn't manage much more than a hand lick & an ear tickle. I Can't describe the RAGE that we feel, knowing that someone who lives near us had thought it funny to shoot him ,quite possibly knowing that it was our cat too.. Whilst waiting for Ringo to come out of surgery, we called the police to alert them to the fact that we have a loose canon in the neighborhood, & we also called the RSPCA to alert them too, only to find out that Ringo was only one of four cats who had been shot yesterday on our nearest estate. I feel sick to the pit of my stomach knowing that someone could possibly do that to a poor defenseless cat, who has done them no harm at all. How could anyone shoot a cat at blank range? It wouldn't surprise me if it turns out to be a child who's parents have bought it for them as a gift..... THEY SHOULD BE MADE ILLEGAL...!!!!! Sorry, but I feel so ANGRY Ringo is still in special care room, but doing much better today. He remains sedated & is responding well. He still has his hydration drip in his other fore leg, but he did try to lap some water earlier today. He looks like a mini mummy with all of the bandages round his head and his leg where they splinted him & strapped him under his fore leg.. My kids are keeping their ears open to see if they can find out who has a new BB pellet gun recently, Or who was in the meadow last night around the same time last night. No doubt even if we do find out how it was, the worst that will happen is that they *MIGHT* get a rap on the knuckles & a public caution. In fact the best thing we could hope for, is for the police to remeove the gun to stop it happening again..If we are lucky, that is Whats to stop them going straight out to buy another one tomorrow..? I hope that I don't find out who did it, because right now, I am too angry to deal with it The boys used to wonder why I wouldn't allow them to have a BB gun, & yesterday the learnt exactly why..not one of them wants one now. I think that they are as outraged as we are Sheelagh |
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I'M So Angry!! Ringo has been shot with a BB Gun
on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:21:57 GMT, "sheelagh"
wrote: I feel sick to the pit of my stomach knowing that someone could possibly do that to a poor defenseless cat, who has done them no harm at all. Oh, Sheelagh... Oh my god. Poor Ringo. seriously bawling my eyes out here I'm so devastated for you all, and so angry about what happened that words fail me. Please keep us informed on Ringo's progress. I have a special place in my heart for that boy. I'm just sick about this. I can't imagine the mix of emotions you must be feeling. I'm sure they are overwhelming. Try to stay strong, I know you've been through so much lately. You are all in my thoughts. -- Lynne |
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I'M So Angry!! Ringo has been shot with a BB Gun
I am so sorry Sheelagh. The feeling I call it like a person be raped the
feeling of helplessness, the feeling of deception, the feeling of violation. I know I would be using a large burlap bag, a phonebook and a lead pipe no evidence no trace no bruises that person would be praying to what ever god they believed in by the time I was done. Let them feel what you felt that would be one heck of a lesson "sheelagh" wrote in message ups.com... Words fail me.... Last night I went outside to call Ringo in & when there was no response, I knew in my gut that there was something Very Wrong Because Ringo is always here for dinner time.... I searched the front of the house, then out the back, but there was no Ringo. I decided to leave it half an hour but when the time was up, we set out on a search party to see where he was hanging out & why he had not simply come home when we called him. By this time I was in near frantic panic, because it is soooo out of character.... Our neighbors kids joined in the search,& by 7.15pm we had over 8 people looking for him - he is ever such a popular puss because he is so friendly & will allow anyone to give him tunny tickles.. We continued to search, & kept in contact by mobile (cell phone!) At around 8.10pm, my son Ross found him. He was lying on his side in the meadow under a hedge panting. Ross called me right away & when I reached him, I could see that Ringo was panting & he had blood all over his fur just under his left eye & just under his right fore leg. I didn't have to guess too long to see what had happened to him... He had been shot, but I wasn't sure what with. Paul joined me, & we lifted him up onto a board & covered him with a blanket. I called the vet from the meadow & asked if he would see Ringo, & he told us to handle whim with care & bring him straight down there. It was obvious that Ringo was in shock & shivering too. I had no idea how long he had lain there, but the last time I could remember seeing him, was around 5.30pm, so we don't know what time this had happened. You wouldn't believe how fast my trusty old Ford escort shot down the motorway, I would never have believed it could go that fast, seriously!! On arrival, we were met, & he was seen straight away. I went into the consultation room with him, & the vet had a quick look & told me that he had to get an xray done as fast as possible, & then onto theater if nessacery to get the pellets out, because he was conerned that the pellet might have penetrated some of his organs & the fear of him dying of shock was quite possible, so they wanted to get him seen to as fast as possible, so we left them to get on with it. It is such a terrible feeling You feel so helpless;o( The vet already had assisting staff to help him because they have a 24 hour facility, so they were able to proceed immediately... We were told to go home and that they would call us as soon as they had any news for us. Just over an hour and a half later, we got a call to say that Ringo had got through the surgery. They managed to get the pellet out of his foreleg & it was logged into his bone, & also that he had got the pellet out of his jaw, but he wasn't sure if Ringo lost his sight in his out of his left eye, because it was logged so near to the optic nerve that he did consider leaving it in case he caused more damage than was already done. He also told us that the one in his leg was shot at almost blank rang too As you can imagine, we shot down there to see him, but he was very sedated, & didn't manage much more than a hand lick & an ear tickle. I Can't describe the RAGE that we feel, knowing that someone who lives near us had thought it funny to shoot him ,quite possibly knowing that it was our cat too.. Whilst waiting for Ringo to come out of surgery, we called the police to alert them to the fact that we have a loose canon in the neighborhood, & we also called the RSPCA to alert them too, only to find out that Ringo was only one of four cats who had been shot yesterday on our nearest estate. I feel sick to the pit of my stomach knowing that someone could possibly do that to a poor defenseless cat, who has done them no harm at all. How could anyone shoot a cat at blank range? It wouldn't surprise me if it turns out to be a child who's parents have bought it for them as a gift..... THEY SHOULD BE MADE ILLEGAL...!!!!! Sorry, but I feel so ANGRY Ringo is still in special care room, but doing much better today. He remains sedated & is responding well. He still has his hydration drip in his other fore leg, but he did try to lap some water earlier today. He looks like a mini mummy with all of the bandages round his head and his leg where they splinted him & strapped him under his fore leg.. My kids are keeping their ears open to see if they can find out who has a new BB pellet gun recently, Or who was in the meadow last night around the same time last night. No doubt even if we do find out how it was, the worst that will happen is that they *MIGHT* get a rap on the knuckles & a public caution. In fact the best thing we could hope for, is for the police to remeove the gun to stop it happening again..If we are lucky, that is Whats to stop them going straight out to buy another one tomorrow..? I hope that I don't find out who did it, because right now, I am too angry to deal with it The boys used to wonder why I wouldn't allow them to have a BB gun, & yesterday the learnt exactly why..not one of them wants one now. I think that they are as outraged as we are Sheelagh |
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I'M So Angry!! Ringo has been shot with a BB Gun
On 23 Mar, 16:30, Lynne wrote:
on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:21:57 GMT, "sheelagh" wrote: I feel sick to the pit of my stomach knowing that someone could possibly do that to a poor defenseless cat, who has done them no harm at all. Oh, Sheelagh... Oh my god. Poor Ringo. seriously bawling my eyes out here I'm so devastated for you all, and so angry about what happened that words fail me. Please keep us informed on Ringo's progress. I have a special place in my heart for that boy. I'm just sick about this. I can't imagine the mix of emotions you must be feeling. I'm sure they are overwhelming. Lynne Try to stay strong, I know you've been through so much lately. You are all in my thoughts. I will, & thank you very much for your words of comfort Lynne. I was in shock for hours last night. It took a good 3hours for it to sink in, & then Rage took over...I wanted to go bang, especially when we found out that we were only one of 3 families affected by the same loose canon. I have the name of one family, so I intend to go and see them later this evening, because I know them. If there is anything that we can do to stop it happening again, I will do it, short of violence. Of course I will keep you up dated on how he is coming along. It is simply bad luck that we have been affected yet again, but I do believe that things that come, round, will go around... It will come back to haunt them one day!! S;o) I know I would be using a large burlap bag, a phonebook and a lead pipe no evidence no trace no bruises that person would be praying to what ever god they believed in by the time I was done. Let them feel what you felt that would be one heck of a lesson Matthew You have no idea how tempting it was Matthew. I was soooo ANGRY;o( It still is to be perfectly honest..But I know that it would end up with me getting locked up for violence rather than them which is ludicrous. I am sure that God's eyes were open when it happend, & it always comes back to you when you wrong someone. In this case it was a cat....What happens when it is a child's eye..? I can't believe how blase they were...(Police) S. |
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I'M So Angry!! Ringo has been shot with a BB Gun
Sheelagh,
I'm so sorry. It's just horrible--how someone can do that to a friendly, defenseless animal is beyond me. You are probably right about the slap on the wrist, even if the person is caught. This just makes me so furious. I hope there's a special place in hell for these people. I really hope Ringo comes through this okay. I'm glad you have a 24 hour vet hospital close by. You've just been through too much with your cats lately. I was thinking about you last night and wondering how Tiggy and the rest of your kitties are doing and then to hear about Ringo. Sending healing thoughts and purrs your way, Bonnie "sheelagh" wrote in message ups.com... Words fail me.... Last night I went outside to call Ringo in & when there was no response, I knew in my gut that there was something Very Wrong Because Ringo is always here for dinner time.... I searched the front of the house, then out the back, but there was no Ringo. I decided to leave it half an hour but when the time was up, we set out on a search party to see where he was hanging out & why he had not simply come home when we called him. By this time I was in near frantic panic, because it is soooo out of character.... Our neighbors kids joined in the search,& by 7.15pm we had over 8 people looking for him - he is ever such a popular puss because he is so friendly & will allow anyone to give him tunny tickles.. We continued to search, & kept in contact by mobile (cell phone!) At around 8.10pm, my son Ross found him. He was lying on his side in the meadow under a hedge panting. Ross called me right away & when I reached him, I could see that Ringo was panting & he had blood all over his fur just under his left eye & just under his right fore leg. I didn't have to guess too long to see what had happened to him... He had been shot, but I wasn't sure what with. Paul joined me, & we lifted him up onto a board & covered him with a blanket. I called the vet from the meadow & asked if he would see Ringo, & he told us to handle whim with care & bring him straight down there. It was obvious that Ringo was in shock & shivering too. I had no idea how long he had lain there, but the last time I could remember seeing him, was around 5.30pm, so we don't know what time this had happened. You wouldn't believe how fast my trusty old Ford escort shot down the motorway, I would never have believed it could go that fast, seriously!! On arrival, we were met, & he was seen straight away. I went into the consultation room with him, & the vet had a quick look & told me that he had to get an xray done as fast as possible, & then onto theater if nessacery to get the pellets out, because he was conerned that the pellet might have penetrated some of his organs & the fear of him dying of shock was quite possible, so they wanted to get him seen to as fast as possible, so we left them to get on with it. It is such a terrible feeling You feel so helpless;o( The vet already had assisting staff to help him because they have a 24 hour facility, so they were able to proceed immediately... We were told to go home and that they would call us as soon as they had any news for us. Just over an hour and a half later, we got a call to say that Ringo had got through the surgery. They managed to get the pellet out of his foreleg & it was logged into his bone, & also that he had got the pellet out of his jaw, but he wasn't sure if Ringo lost his sight in his out of his left eye, because it was logged so near to the optic nerve that he did consider leaving it in case he caused more damage than was already done. He also told us that the one in his leg was shot at almost blank rang too As you can imagine, we shot down there to see him, but he was very sedated, & didn't manage much more than a hand lick & an ear tickle. I Can't describe the RAGE that we feel, knowing that someone who lives near us had thought it funny to shoot him ,quite possibly knowing that it was our cat too.. Whilst waiting for Ringo to come out of surgery, we called the police to alert them to the fact that we have a loose canon in the neighborhood, & we also called the RSPCA to alert them too, only to find out that Ringo was only one of four cats who had been shot yesterday on our nearest estate. I feel sick to the pit of my stomach knowing that someone could possibly do that to a poor defenseless cat, who has done them no harm at all. How could anyone shoot a cat at blank range? It wouldn't surprise me if it turns out to be a child who's parents have bought it for them as a gift..... THEY SHOULD BE MADE ILLEGAL...!!!!! Sorry, but I feel so ANGRY Ringo is still in special care room, but doing much better today. He remains sedated & is responding well. He still has his hydration drip in his other fore leg, but he did try to lap some water earlier today. He looks like a mini mummy with all of the bandages round his head and his leg where they splinted him & strapped him under his fore leg.. My kids are keeping their ears open to see if they can find out who has a new BB pellet gun recently, Or who was in the meadow last night around the same time last night. No doubt even if we do find out how it was, the worst that will happen is that they *MIGHT* get a rap on the knuckles & a public caution. In fact the best thing we could hope for, is for the police to remeove the gun to stop it happening again..If we are lucky, that is Whats to stop them going straight out to buy another one tomorrow..? I hope that I don't find out who did it, because right now, I am too angry to deal with it The boys used to wonder why I wouldn't allow them to have a BB gun, & yesterday the learnt exactly why..not one of them wants one now. I think that they are as outraged as we are Sheelagh |
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I'M So Angry!! Ringo has been shot with a BB Gun
On 23 Mar, 18:00, "cybercat" wrote:
"sheelagh" wrote THEY SHOULD BE MADE ILLEGAL...!!!!! Sorry, but I feel so ANGRY All you have to do is keep him in. I know that you are right Cyber... I do normally keep him in, but he had been crying to go out, & I gave in to him. (have no excuses to hand out, because you are right) Normally, he only sits in the back garden under the tree, but for some reason yesterday he decided to wonder into the meadow... I can't help likening it to a child being shot though. Both defenseless & never asked for it to be done to them. However, it is only an instance... I am aware that it is my own fault, & I don't feel very pleased or proud of myself either S. |
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I'M So Angry!! Ringo has been shot with a BB Gun
On 23 Mar, 17:09, "22brix" wrote:
Sheelagh, I'm so sorry. It's just horrible--how someone can do that to a friendly, defenseless animal is beyond me. You are probably right about the slap on the wrist, even if the person is caught. This just makes me so furious. I hope there's a special place in hell for these people. Thanks Bonnie. Cyber is right sigh I do blame myself for it happening to him, but I am still outraged that anyone would do this to the sweetest friendliest cat on the block. I also hope that there is a special place in hell for them as well. It seems really wrong that they get away with it. You hardly ever hear of anyone getting as far as court when things like this happen.. I really hope Ringo comes through this okay. I'm glad you have a 24 hour vet hospital close by. You've just been through too much with your cats lately. I was thinking about you last night and wondering how Tiggy and the rest of your kitties are doing and then to hear about Ringo. Sending healing thoughts and purrs your way, Thanks for the soothing purrs, I will pass them on to him shortly So are we. Just a few short weeks ago, we would have taken him to the previous vet, who had no 24 hour care. Thank goodness that we did move them over! Your right, I seem to have spent a hell of a lot of time @ the vets recently, but then again I wouldn't have it any other way. At least I feel that I can trust this surgery & I do have full confidence in them too. Tiggy came home yesterday afternoon with a horrible bill, that they have kindly allowed me to pay in three instalments ... ( you have no idea how embarrassing it was having to ask if that was possible) blush!! Tiggy is soo much better now;o) We have given over the extension to her so that she has her own personal space away from all of the other cats, with her own bowl, feeding trough & litter too... She still looks a little delicate, but that should pass soon hopefully. We were given pain meds for the 1st time ever too. I was shocked when I saw everyone posting pain meds, because we have NEVER been offered any for the other cats before Tiggy's op. I was shocked!! Tigs is eating normally, drinking fine & she is ever so easy to give meds to, so we have no problems there either. she looks ever so odd where they have shaved her though.. A bit like Sylvester out of tweety pie and Sylvester, lol... Got to go and do mum's taxi service for the kids for couple of hours, then pop over to see hi to himagain for a while before picking them up again. Seems pointless coming home, only to turn round and go back again S. - |
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I'M So Angry!! Ringo has been shot with a BB Gun
on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:12:10 GMT, "sheelagh"
wrote: I do normally keep him in, but he had been crying to go out, & I gave in to him. (have no excuses to hand out, because you are right) Sheelagh, don't blame yourself. Things are different in England and it's customary for cats to be indoor/outdoor. However, in light of what has happened to Ringo, I think you should start keeping them all in. Perhaps you can build a large outdoor cat run for them. At any rate, don't feel guilty. There's absolutely nothing to be accomplished with that. With all the emotional turmoil you've endured recently, staying centered is going to be tough. Take care of Ringo, but don't forget to take care of yourself, too! -- Lynne |
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I'M So Angry!! Ringo has been shot with a BB Gun
on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:36:21 GMT, "sheelagh"
wrote: It seems really wrong that they get away with it. You hardly ever hear of anyone getting as far as court when things like this happen.. We are seeing a turn to that tide here in the US. I hear more and more of stiff punishments for people who abuse animals. I hope England will come along on that front, too. Poor Ringo... this is so heartbreaking. -- Lynne |
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I'M So Angry!! Ringo has been shot with a BB Gun
"sheelagh" wrote THEY SHOULD BE MADE ILLEGAL...!!!!! Sorry, but I feel so ANGRY All you have to do is keep him in. |
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