Alise Nakfour would let her cats out on her property for a couple of hours each day, but one cat was clearly injured when it came back from being outside.
“I went outside and picked him up and he was bleeding on both sides of his abdomen,” Nakfour told News Center 7’s Kate Bartley on Wednesday afternoon.
That particular cat, Mr. Whitey, had to be put down about a week after he was shot, because of his injuries.
“It had to have been close up, from what I understand,” Nakfour said of the shooting. “It’s just really upsetting to think it was purposely done.”
Nakfour is determined to find out who did it and to warn other pet owners. She has spent the last week printing and laminating signs to launch a campaign to find whoever hurt her cat.
“I’m going to place these up just around the area,” she said. Nakfour lives in the 800 block of Blossom Heath Road.
Shelly Davis, community service specialist with the city of Kettering, said there were no other reports of cats or dogs being shot. According to Davis, stray cats make up three-quarters of the complaints Kettering Animal Control receives.
“I think it’s scary that somebody has a firearm and they’re going to shoot it in the city at anything,” Davis said.
Kettering has a law that prohibits outdoor cats unless they are in an enclosure or on a leash. That’s not the law in Dayton or Ohio.
The case of Mr. Whitey is a perfect example of why the law exists, Davis said.
Anyone whose pet is intentionally harmed is urged to report the incident to their local police department or law enforcement agency.
(WHIO - July 6, 2016)
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