Post by AnimalAvenger on Oct 3, 2009 23:22:52 GMT -5
LEARNED, MS (WLBT) - Randolph Henderson enjoys snagging turkey and deer with a bow and arrow. "I probably do as much archery if not more than gun hunting," he says.
He'd never dream of aiming for a cat. But last week, someone aimed at one of his family's cat, named BC. The arrow entered through the cat's forehead and came out through the back of his head. But Randolph says BC seemed hardly aware.
"He was trying to put his head in the food bowl, the arrow was hitting the bowl," he said. "It was amazing to me he was living, walking, rubbing because the arrow looked like it was through his brain."
According to the vet who removed the arrow, the weapon chipped the cat's skull and somehow arched over the brain.
Randolph believes a practice head was used. A practice head is shorter and duller than a broadhead. If a sharp broadhead had been used, the cat probably would not have survived.
"I don't know why anyone would ever do this to a cat," said 9-year-old Maggie, the Hendersons' granddaughter, who plans to be a vet one day.
Maggie would love to see BC's attacker tracked down.
"I think they should go to jail," she said.
Archery season just started in Mississippi.
"You assume BC walked by the wrong person," Randolph said. "(They) decided to see if they could hit him between the eyes, and came really close."
"At that time (BC) had not been neutered. He has been neutered by Dr. Majure. He was a wandering cat," he said.
But now, BC is content to stay planted on a warm lap.
He'd never dream of aiming for a cat. But last week, someone aimed at one of his family's cat, named BC. The arrow entered through the cat's forehead and came out through the back of his head. But Randolph says BC seemed hardly aware.
"He was trying to put his head in the food bowl, the arrow was hitting the bowl," he said. "It was amazing to me he was living, walking, rubbing because the arrow looked like it was through his brain."
According to the vet who removed the arrow, the weapon chipped the cat's skull and somehow arched over the brain.
Randolph believes a practice head was used. A practice head is shorter and duller than a broadhead. If a sharp broadhead had been used, the cat probably would not have survived.
"I don't know why anyone would ever do this to a cat," said 9-year-old Maggie, the Hendersons' granddaughter, who plans to be a vet one day.
Maggie would love to see BC's attacker tracked down.
"I think they should go to jail," she said.
Archery season just started in Mississippi.
"You assume BC walked by the wrong person," Randolph said. "(They) decided to see if they could hit him between the eyes, and came really close."
"At that time (BC) had not been neutered. He has been neutered by Dr. Majure. He was a wandering cat," he said.
But now, BC is content to stay planted on a warm lap.
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