GEORGIA -- In late November, two black plastic bags sealed with clear tape arrived at the University of Georgia Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories. Each bag contained two deceased cats that either died from gunshot wounds or acute blunt force trauma.
A necropsy reported by University of Georgia Veterinary Pathologist Doris Miller details evidence of brain hemorrhaging, fractured skulls and three to five millimeter holes between their eyes.
But the necropsy revealed no evidence of antifreeze in the kidneys, as told by a man who allegedly ended the life of these cats, one of which weighed only 2.8 pounds.
Douglas L. Orr, facing five counts of animal cruelty (a fifth cat was not impounded), will appear before a magistrate judge for an arraignment hearing on March 11.
Orr was cited on Nov. 10 after Animal Control received a call from Curb Side Services about an injured cat in a resident’s trash container. The responding officer found a handful of cats in the container.
Orr gave conflicting accounts to law-enforcement agencies.
In an Animal Control incident report, Orr is reported saying that he was tired of buying cat food. But he then told Lt. Jeremy Wasdin of the Sheriff’s Office that the cats were killing his chickens.
When first questioned by The Oconee Enterprise, Orr said he euthanized his cats because they had accidentally ingested a poisonous substance. The post-mortem testing of lethal toxins contradict Orr’s statement.
Orr refused to answer any questions this week when he was reached by phone for comment.
(Oconee Enterprise - Feb 17, 2016)
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