Three town cats shot
Tuesday 27th October 2009, 3:53PM GMT.
Three cats have been shot in Newport within a mile of one another.
The family pets were shot with an air pellet gun.
The first two shootings happened on September 7 in Vineyard Drive and Henley Road.
Police received two separate reports about cats being shot at, including a five-month-old kitten which had to be put down.
The third shooting happened in the Maynards Croft area of Newport on October 13 at about 9.30am.
Police have appealed for information in a bid to stop the shootings.
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How can anyone be so cruel? I am ashamed to be part of the human race at times.
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How downmarket. At least in Telford, cats are stolen for use as live reptile food!
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Peasbody…if you have proof of that I suggest you pass it on the RSPCA
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Really Harold, do tell us more.
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KB: I can understand your distress – as the owner of several cats I am too. However, don’t be ashamed for something you didn’t do! Allowing your sense of self worth to be dependent on what other people do or don’t do will be a path to a dark, dark place.
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Disgusting behaviour…
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There always has to be someone who tries to make a joke out of cruelty to animals. HSJP, I suggest you keep your crass comments to yourself.
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True, Marco, perhaps I should have said instead that some people don’t deserve to be considered as humans!
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Peasbody is a a windup merchant. His views are purely designed to enrage people. Just to ignore him is the best policy.
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I blame the owners. They should have put the cat flack jacket on.
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Takes one to know one, Y Mab Darogan ;-)
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I know the person who did this and he is not well in the head. He is fed E numbers and sugar all time, parent dont give him any discipline, has been ‘diagnosed’ as having ‘ADHD’ . . what he needs is emotion love support and care from his family. .
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When you say that Peasbody is a wind-up merchant, is that retail or wholesale? Is there a living to be made selling wind-ups?
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