"Beadle, who lives near the Allans, says he only intended to frighten the animal with his .22 rifle because he believed it was stalking his prized pekin ducks... "I thought the cat was a rabbit at first but it was slowly advancing on the edge of our pond and I thought, 'Hell, that's a feral and it's stalking the pekin ducks'.
"I thought, 'I'll put a shot over its head and give it a fright'," Beadle said. "I didn't know at the time that I'd hit the cat because after I fired, it ran off through the willows.""
""We've heard that Ross is kicking up merry hell with the police, demanding something be done," Beadle said. "We've told the vet we'll pay the account but if this thing goes on I'm going to ring the vet and ... withdraw that offer."" [O, well aren't you the big man then?]
"Sergeant Linda Stevens confirmed that Queenstown police investigated the incident but were satisfied that no offence had been committed. "The cat was on [Beadle's] property at the time and stalking ducklings - a feral cat issue. It wasn't known to be a domestic cat," Ms Stevens said."
There are sooo many issues here.
- If the dude thinks he wants to fire a warning shot and it 'accidentally' hits the target in the stomach, do we really need this person to have a firearms licence?
- And right that he should 'kick up merry hell' with the police - you have no right to shoot animals you twat. You should have called animal management to protect your precious pekin ducks instead of shooting someone's beloved pet instead.
- So 'not knowing' the cat was domestic makes it ok to shoot at it?
Just grrr.
I hope the SPCA can get some action on this but I really don't think they will be able to.
My heart goes out to the Allans because it would suck a great deal to have a madman with a gun guarding precious pekin ducks as a neighbour.
RIP Fred xxx
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