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Kitten loses eye after being shot with ball bearing in Bromsgrove 2010-07-14
A KITTEN has sustained horrific eye injuries after being shot with a largeball bearingin Bromsgrove.
Molly, a seven month old kitten, wandered off from the home of her owner Denise Traynor, of Lyttleton Avenue, Charford, last Wednesday.
After Denise made repeated calls to the RSPCA and animal rescue centres, Molly eventually turned up on Friday evening.
But Denise was horrified when she saw that Molly had a huge swelling to one eye.
She was taken to the vet, who believed Molly had a contracted a serious eye infection, so gave Denise pain killers and antibiotics.
Molly then had to be taken back to the vet later that evening to have what remained of her eye removed.
Denise slept downstairs with the cat that night, to make sure she was comfortable, and was woken by her frantic partner on Saturday morning at 5am.
Denise said: “Molly was lying on the sofa and the lump had completely gone, there was now just the hole where her eye had been, but next to her on the sofa was a massive ball bearing.”
The owner said she felt physically sick when she realised what someone had done to her kitten.
“I can’t believe someone could do this to a tiny defenceless animal. It’s sickening. I hope these people see what has happened to Molly and feel some kind of remorse at their totally inhumane behaviour.”
A police spokesman confirmed the incident had been reported to them and asked for anyone who say anything suspicious between Wednesday and Friday, to call them on 0300 333 3000.
