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An Ohio policeman shot to death a litter of kittens on Wednesday, telling a group of screaming children that the animals would be going to kitty heaven. But instead of firing the officer, the local police department cleared him of any wrongdoing.
Humane Officer Barry Accorti was responding to a report of a litter of feral cats that were located in the woodpile of a home in North Ridgeville on June 10. The resident who made the call said the cats were bringing fleas to the home and leaving dead wildlife in her backyard. Twenty minutes after the call was made, the officer arrived at the scene. After spotting the five kittens, he told the residents distressed children that the cats would be going to heaven. Shortly thereafter, he took a gun from his vehicle and shot the animals to death.
He informed [the resident] that shelters were full and that these cats would be going to kitty heaven, Ohio SPCA Director Teresa Landon told the Cleveland Sun News. She assumed he would be trapping them or something and taking them to a shelter and they would be humanely euthanized if they were not adopted.
Initially, the woman who made the call assumed that the gun was a tranquilizer. But to her surprise, the 8-to-10 week-old kittens were shot dead, just 15 feet from the back door to her house.
She was very distraught when this happened, Landon said. He started shooting them right in front of her. Her children were upstairs in view of the windows. They started screaming and crying because they heard the gunshots. They started screaming, Mommy, hes killing the kittens.
http://rt.com/usa/cop-accorti-kittens-shooting-669/
Humane Officer Barry Accorti was responding to a report of a litter of feral cats that were located in the woodpile of a home in North Ridgeville on June 10. The resident who made the call said the cats were bringing fleas to the home and leaving dead wildlife in her backyard. Twenty minutes after the call was made, the officer arrived at the scene. After spotting the five kittens, he told the residents distressed children that the cats would be going to heaven. Shortly thereafter, he took a gun from his vehicle and shot the animals to death.
He informed [the resident] that shelters were full and that these cats would be going to kitty heaven, Ohio SPCA Director Teresa Landon told the Cleveland Sun News. She assumed he would be trapping them or something and taking them to a shelter and they would be humanely euthanized if they were not adopted.
Initially, the woman who made the call assumed that the gun was a tranquilizer. But to her surprise, the 8-to-10 week-old kittens were shot dead, just 15 feet from the back door to her house.
She was very distraught when this happened, Landon said. He started shooting them right in front of her. Her children were upstairs in view of the windows. They started screaming and crying because they heard the gunshots. They started screaming, Mommy, hes killing the kittens.
http://rt.com/usa/cop-accorti-kittens-shooting-669/
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Yay, Cops! They're the best. (Original Post)
MrScorpio
Jun 2013
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lamp_shade
(14,850 posts)1. I have no words....
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)2. The abuse of humanity AND domesticated animals by police has GOT TO STOP!
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)3. Oh gosh, the cops cleared a cop of any wrongdoing!
That must be nice.
rurallib
(62,477 posts)4. Bet he left the remains for the kids to look at
jeezus.
bike man
(620 posts)5. The sheriff's animal control department in my county has traps that homeowners
can borrow to capture creatures of all sorts, including feral cats.
If the homeowner in the OP was *really* concerned about flea infestation and/or dead wildlife in his/her yard, why not take some steps to correct it?
These same traps are not even that expensive. Buy one or two and put them in the garage for future use.
lpbk2713
(42,772 posts)6. The next step in the process ...
the family will be arrested for interfering with a police operation.
Think I'm joking?