Vekoma Fan Boy Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 The Associated PressThursday, July 19, 2007; 1:20 AM COTATI, Calif. -- A 3-month-old cat is clinging to life at a Sonoma County animal hospital after having been set on fire by two teenage girls who now face charges of animal cruelty. The kitten, named Adam by hospital staff, has undergone two surgeries and had its tail and the tips of its ears amputated. The skin on its back was burned off in the attack, leaving nothing but raw tissue. "The degree of injury is greater than our normal level of trauma that we care for," said Katheryn Hinkle, the head veterinarian and owner of the Animal Hospital of Cotati. "He's our most critical patient, and we're watching him constantly." The cat, one of several feral felines trapped for spaying and neutering, was in a cage outside an apartment in Santa Rosa when two 15-year-old girls allegedly poured flammable liquid on the animal and set it on fire last month. An 11-year-old boy and his friend saw the smoke and heard the cat, then eight weeks old, shrieking while the girls laughed. The girls, whose names have not been released, were charged with cruelty to animals in Sonoma County Juvenile Court last week. With so much exposed skin, the cat is vulnerable to infection, Hinkle said. It cannot leave its cage and must be handled only with gloves. It will need several more surgeries to cover the wound on its back with skin. The kitten was among six wild litter mates and a male cat captured by a trapper on a farm. The plan was to have the cats spayed and neutered and then released back to the farm. The cages with the kittens were stolen and only Adam has been found. According to Hinkle, the bill to keep the kitten alive could run between $20,000 and $30,000 even though the vet performing its surgeries has donated her services. The community's concern for the cat has prompted anger in some Sonoma County residents, who complain that the slaying of a 16-year-old boy in the same neighborhood last year did not receive as much attention. Wow. What the hell did the cat do to deserve this???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odene497 Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 That's really, really, sickening. What would make you want to do that? I couldn't hurt anything bigger than a bug. I hope the girls have some serious consequences. -Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Dood Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 I'd rather smoke weed than light a cat on fire. That's disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohnson51 Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 ^ Lol That's a very strange comparison, but I guess it gets the point across. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerC Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 I'd hope that when those girls return to school, they get some serious ass woopings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Thats so horrible! I can't believe those girls thought of it as a joke. How sickening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerC Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 I wouldn't mind dressing up in drag to kick their asses for a few minutes...honestly...I wouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chmilo24 Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Wow. I know two girls that need to see Dr. Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasgiantrules Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 First off this is just totally horrible. But what gets me is that they were laughing?!?! God this makes me angry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resonancej Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Hmm...as punishment, someone should pour gasoline over one of them and light them with a match and see how funny they think it is. Not so funny now, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffen_Dk Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 This is making me so angry. They must be completely insane - who the hell do that kind of stuff??? It's just so cruel. They deserve to burn, just for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Long Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 cruelty is letting that cat live.. should have been put to sleep - total cost $15.00 20 to 30 thousand to keep a cat alive - that is is criminal kevin Long Fat old guy (non cat lover) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath513 Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Hmm...as punishment, someone should pour gasoline over one of them and light them with a match and see how funny they think it is. Not so funny now, is it? Agreed. And as stated, since they were laughing, whoever lights these girls on fire should stand by and laugh. I would. Animal cruelty like this just sickens me and the humans who do it deserve worse. (I have a very negative outlook on the human race) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffen_Dk Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Hmm...as punishment, someone should pour gasoline over one of them and light them with a match and see how funny they think it is. Not so funny now, is it? Agreed. And as stated, since they were laughing, whoever lights these girls on fire should stand by and laugh. I would. Animal cruelty like this just sickens me and the humans who do it deserve worse. (I have a very negative outlook on the human race) That's just my thoughts.... I think it's one of the worst things, people can do. Animals such as cats and dogs can't defence themselfs, so it's just really mean and cruel do to that kind of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phazan Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Complete jerks!!! That really does make me mad, I hope they get the worst punishment possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderLock Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 I say burn the girls alive. Its only apropriate. The parents may go "Cruel and Unusal punishment!" but its not so when two girls lit a cat on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Dood Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 I say burn the girls alive. Its only apropriate. The parents may go "Cruel and Unusal punishment!" but its not so when two girls lit a cat on fire. Good idea. Eye for an eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théo the little french Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 It's so horrible!! Poor cat! I don't dare to imagine how the cat screamed when it happened..... that's so cruel and the twos girls are really bitchs (Do I use this word rightly?)... Who's ready to put the fire on their backs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffen_Dk Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 ^They are more the bitches.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jten11 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 I know i used to be cruel to kittens when i was little, but never to this extreme. This is just plain horrible. And why so much just to keep a kitten alive?? Unfortunately, I see it better just to put it to sleep. Its a hell of a lot cheaper and it'll take the poor kitty out of its misery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewheeled999 Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Oh my God. This is just terrible. I can't believe this world. People who are so young doing such a horrible thing to the poor cat. And them laughing? They should see someone they love die slowly and painfully, then they'll see who's laughing. I realize that some of you are saying that they should have put the cat out of its misery. I think the veterinarians did the right thing, keeping it alive. Sure it was just another unfortunate soul, but remember, we only live once. Sure the cat would go through a lot of pain, but it would all end up fine, hopefully. Wow, I have to learn to stop ranting so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingbooba Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 That's just sick. Who does that? I love cats, even though I can't have one because my mom is extremely allergic to cats. But they thought that was funny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vekoma Fan Boy Posted August 11, 2007 Author Share Posted August 11, 2007 Rereading his thread makes my want to go hug my (not so little) little kitty. Vekoma "What? A guy cant say 'kitty?' " Fan Boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RctInfinity Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 ^^^ OH MY GOD! That's just sick...the story and the animation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfie Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 20 to 30 thousand to keep a cat alive - that is criminal I agree. That cat is going to be miserable for the rest of his/her life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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