Thursday, Oct 3, 2019 Since Sept 27, 1879 Retail $2 Home delivered from $1.35 THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF MID CANTERBURY Parents Nothing party P3 to fear P10 Tennis stars’ holiday fun FULL STORY P24 PHOTO JAIME PITT-MACKAY 011019-JPM-0001 Cat shot in Hampstead BY JAIME PITT-MACKAY “After clipping back the hair and “The SPCA have been notified “We are also awaiting to hear in this way is an offence under the
[email protected] bathing the area in an iodine solu- to form a case and another lady more from another person who Animal Welfare Act. A Hampstead cat owner has been tion it revealed a perfect hole,” she had her cat a block over from us has reportedly had their cat shot “Generally speaking, if, as a re- left upset and concerned after her said. turn up with a similar wound a in Ashburton,” she said. sult of an investigation for a re- cat came home this week with Unfortunately for Oscar, this couple of days ago. “We ask anyone who witnessed ported complaint, SPCA inspec- what appeared to be a wound has not been his first time as a vic- “Cats roam but you don’t take to this incident, has further informa- tors were able to gather sufficient from an air rifle. tim of an air rifle. them with pellet guns to remove tion about this incident, or anyone evidence to prove a particular per- After being in and out of the He was hit a similar time last them from properties or shoot at in the surrounding area whose cat son was shooting cats, we could be house all day on Tuesday, Annette year, and Whyte’s other cat Monty them for joy.” has been injured in a similar way looking at either an ill-treatment, Whyte’s cat Oscar was last seen had also received two similar inju- A SPCA spokeswoman con- to please call SPCA and lodge an reckless ill-treatment, or wilful unharmed at 6pm.