Gardaí in Tralee investigating case of animal cruelty.
Carla was badly injured in an incident on Tuesday in Tralee.
A Tralee cat proprietor was left feeling distraught when her pet acquired horrific accidents in a suspected pellet gun attack in a Tralee housing property on Tuesday night.
Gardaí are investigating the incident that occurred shortly after 6pm when a cat named ‘Carla’ was taken to a veterinary surgical procedure together with her accidents. Such is the extent of the injury brought about, the cat is to endure surgical procedure to have a leg amputated.
Cat proprietor Margaret Keane spoke of feeling traumatised by what she witnessed. She initially thought the cat had been hit by a automotive and introduced it to the vet who saved the animal in a single day. She acquired a name on Wednesday morning to say a pellet was discovered within the cat’s wound.
“I had just come home from work and when I called her in, she came towards me slowly. She looked like she was in pain and limped into the house. I was worried when I saw the wound,” Margaret stated.
“I got a call today to say they think the cat was shot and will have to lose her leg. I had neighbours here a few years ago whose cat died after it was shot with a pellet gun. It’s a warning to other pet owners to be careful. I only have Carla since Christmas, it’s pure evil to hurt a defenceless animal. To think some people think this is fun. It’s shocking,” Margaret stated.
Sinn Féin Cllr Cathal Foley known as it a ‘despicable and cruel’ act.
“It is despicable to listen to {that a} a lot liked household pet will lose a leg after a cat was shot by somebody utilizing a BB gun,” he stated.
“This is the deliberate concentrating on of animals and I’d implore anybody with info to report it to the guards who’ve been made conscious of the state of affairs and are investigating,” Cllr Foley added.
