bloodrayne
04-24-2005, 01:57 AM
Cat's Death Attributed to Desperate Act
Canada - A family pet reported lost on a flyer posted in a Windsor neighborhood was killed in what police say may have been a desperate act.
The family was heartbroken and shocked Monday night because the remains of their 5-year-old cat Prowler had been found, partly in the garbage and partly in a pot in the neighbor’s refrigerator.
Prowler had been missing for a week, and police in Windsor say someone had killed the cat and cooked it and ate it.
The owner found out in a disturbing phone call.
"From my understanding they drowned her," Sherry Hughes, the upset owner, told reporters. "Then they skinned her and boiled her, with onions, and made a stew out of her, apparently. It’s very heartbreaking for my entire family."
The family is now dealing with a terrible loss, coupled with the fact that someone could be so hungry that they would kill a cat and eat it.
"I don’t know how somebody could do such a thing," Hughes’ young daughter said.
Police arrested a young woman and a young man, and while investigators fell short of saying the two confessed, they did say the motive apparently was hunger.
"I don’t know what to think. I don’t know how to feel. I’m just extremely angry right now, still," Hughes explained.
This type of cruelty against animals is called a summary conviction in Canada, which is similar to a misdemeanor in the United States. If convicted, the man and woman could go to prison for up to two years minus one day.
Canada - A family pet reported lost on a flyer posted in a Windsor neighborhood was killed in what police say may have been a desperate act.
The family was heartbroken and shocked Monday night because the remains of their 5-year-old cat Prowler had been found, partly in the garbage and partly in a pot in the neighbor’s refrigerator.
Prowler had been missing for a week, and police in Windsor say someone had killed the cat and cooked it and ate it.
The owner found out in a disturbing phone call.
"From my understanding they drowned her," Sherry Hughes, the upset owner, told reporters. "Then they skinned her and boiled her, with onions, and made a stew out of her, apparently. It’s very heartbreaking for my entire family."
The family is now dealing with a terrible loss, coupled with the fact that someone could be so hungry that they would kill a cat and eat it.
"I don’t know how somebody could do such a thing," Hughes’ young daughter said.
Police arrested a young woman and a young man, and while investigators fell short of saying the two confessed, they did say the motive apparently was hunger.
"I don’t know what to think. I don’t know how to feel. I’m just extremely angry right now, still," Hughes explained.
This type of cruelty against animals is called a summary conviction in Canada, which is similar to a misdemeanor in the United States. If convicted, the man and woman could go to prison for up to two years minus one day.