posted June 27, 2007 11:43 AM         

SANTA ROSA: $3,000 REWARD IN BURNED KITTEN INCIDENT
06/25/07 3:15 PDT
SANTA ROSA (BCN)

Forgotten Felines of Santa Rosa is offering a $3,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who set fire to a 2-month-old kitten in a cage at an apartment complex last week.

The male black domestic short hair kitten is being treated at an animal hospital in Cotati and there is concern about infection and loss of fluids and protein, Forgotten Felines executive director Jennifer Kirchner said today.

"He's eating and drinking on his own, is alert and is receiving pain medication," she said.

A man in an Apple Valley apartment complex trapped six kittens and an adult cat in three cages last week with the intention of having them spayed and neutered by Forgotten Felines, Kirchner said.

He left the caged cats outside Tuesday night and the two cages that held the kittens were missing the next morning. Only the cage holding the adult cat was still there, Kirchner said.

Residents of the apartment complex saw adolescents standing around a burning cage on Wednesday evening, Kirchner said. "Adam", the kitten inside, received second- and third-degree burns over most of his body, Kirchner said. The other five kittens are still missing.

Kirchner called police who turned the incident over to the Sonoma County Animal Care and Control Services which will be interviewing residents of the apartment complex Tuesday, Kirchner said.

Forgotten Felines will be passing out flyers asking for information about the incident. Some residents also have donated $100 to care for the burned kitten, Kirchner said.

The initial $1,000 reward tripled when two other donors added to it, Kirchner said.

http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2007/06/25/n/HeadlineNews/BURNED-KITTEN/resources_bcn_html

On the TV news, they stated that some children saw 2 girls standing around the cage and laughing.

Last year there was an incident in my area where kids set fire to a rabbit in a field.

posted June 29, 2007 08:57 AM         

My mother never told me to not kill an animal. It takes common sense.

posted July 09, 2007 03:00 PM         

No matter their age - they deserve to be punished. And if they are younger enough - the parents need some help to.

for Adam!!

posted July 10, 2007 02:04 PM         

PARSIPPANY -- Donna Rogers said she felt sick to her stomach reading a cat died slowly after being hung by a rope from a backyard fence.

"I almost threw up my lunch," said Rogers, a Madison resident who volunteers for a Siamese cat rescue group.

"To think that that poor cat suffered," Rogers added.

Tuesday's horrific discovery of a barely alive, brown-and-black striped male cat hanging from a fence in Lake Parsippany -- a double-knotted rope tied around its lower abdomen -- was touching a nerve today throughout Morris County.

Dennis Haas of Rockaway Township offered to pass out fliers seeking information about what happened.

"There are people that are out there doing hurtful thing, not only to the animal but the families and the kids," Haas said.

The 4-foot rope was tied to a tree branch and the cat was just barely able to touch the ground -- tearing up the pads on his feet trying to escape, Parsippany animal control unit supervisor Chris Dikovics said.

The cat was still alive upon being freed at around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, but died shortly afterward at an animal hospital.

The Humane Society is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for tips leading to an arrest and conviction.

"It's just horrifying to think people do these things to animals," said Samantha Mullen, regional program coordinator for the Humane Society's mid-Atlantic regional office in Flanders.

The cat was not wearing identification and no one has claimed ownership, Dikovics said, adding that much about the case remains unclear.

"I don't know how long the cat was tied. We don't know if he was tied and left to die in the brush and broke loose and tried to climb the fence, or was actually left dangling," Dikovics said.

Either way, the intent was unmistakable, Dikovics said.

"This is really a purposeful attack on a domestic animal. It's an attack that was meant to make this animal suffer. That's what's so upsetting about it," Dikovics said.

Dikovics said anyone arrested would be charged with cruelty to animals and face a $1,000 fine and up to 6 months in prison.

Municipal prosecutor Doug Cabana said animal cruelty cases are unusual in Parsippany.

"We don't have a lot of charges of this nature. I have more vicious dogs (cases) than cruelty to animals," Cabana said.

Cabana said he understood why so many were upset.

"It's horrible. A poor, defenseless animal," Cabana said.

posted July 26, 2007 05:12 PM         

My Cousins dog was stolen from their pen in the middle of the night ... drug into the woods and used for some satanic ritual ... the Police were called after my cousin when out to bring her dogs inside in the morning only to find them both gone and a blood trail back thru the woods. She followed it thinking her dog got hurt, and ran into the woods, never suspecting someone purposfully took it outta the kennel ... which lead to the horrific site. The sickos got one dog, and actually left its remains there. The other dog returned home a while later ... they never did catch the people or person who did it. My cousin lives in a very small farming/country type setting in WI. After that, they built a indoor dog kennel in their garage. So very sad!

for all the tortured souls!!

posted September 19, 2007 11:48 PM         

Please follow link, and sign petition at top of homepage!! THanks!! Do it for Adam + all the abused animals!!

posted September 25, 2007 12:09 AM         

i signed the petition too.

why would anyone even do this?

-kyle

posted September 25, 2007 09:17 AM         

OMG Jay,

quote:

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Kill all animal abusers.

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"Only love will kill the demon".

But yes, when you have some degree of empathy with animals as we do....the cruelty and suffering in the world is quite mind-blowing. I can totally empathize where angry people are coming from, because that's where I have come from too.