A troubled Margate mum needs to discover approximately £4,000 for surgical treatment by veterinarians after a callous hooligan shot her young boy’s two-year-old cat.
Jodie Gower says she is fearing informing nine-year-old Elliott that animal Oreo will need to be put to sleep therefore has actually released a fundraising event to attempt and collect the expenses for the cat to go through surgical treatment at Briar House veterinarians.
Jodie says she let Oreo out from her Brockley Road home on Sunday while she was cooking supper however by Tuesday he still had actually not returned.
The 33-year-old said: “On Tuesday early morning I said to my partner about him not being home yet however in some cases he does goes off for a number of days on his jollies.
“But on Tuesday at about 5.30pm I was at my sibling’s having supper and my mum contacted us to state there was a post on New Thanet Chat about a cat discovered in an alley by Grotto Road who appeared like he had actually been run over and couldn’t move his legs.
“He had actually been required to Thanet Vets and it was Oreo. The veterinarians said they believed he had actually been run over and had actually provided him discomfort relief.
“Today we took him to our vets (Briar House) and they did an X ray. They showed us the X ray and Oreo has a bullet in his spine. He has been shot.”
The Briar House veterinarian has actually informed Jodie that an operation to eliminate the bullet can be performed although Oreo would still be classified as handicapped. Currently his bladder is extremely inflamed as he is not able to urinate so the veterinarian has actually placed a catheter. An operation is not ensured to work however the just other choice is to have Oreo put to sleep.
Jodie said: “We require to get together in between £3-4,000 for the surgical treatment which is a great deal of money or we need to have him put to sleep.
“This should have taken place on Sunday and he remained in that street by himself for 2 days. He is my boy’s cat and Elliott definitely loves him. Oreo sleeps on his pillow every night. I can’t think of how I will inform him if Oreo needs to be put down. That’s why we are attempting so difficult to raise the money. Elliott understand he is improperly and said today that he felt ill.
“I do not know how someone could be so evil to shoot a cat. He is the loveliest cat. If I manage to get him home he isn’t going out again and I’ll even move house because I don’t want to live somewhere where people think it is ok to shoot a cat.”
Oreo is presently at Briar House veterinarians. The shooting has actually been reported to Kent Police.
A cops representative said: “Kent Police was gotten in touch with at 12.15pm on Wednesday 22 February 2023 following a report a cat had actually been discovered with injuries in the Brockley Road location of Margate.
“Initial enquiries are under way to determine how the cat came by the injuries and whether any criminal offences have been committed.”
