A PET cat which was riddled with 50 shotgun pellets has astonished vets with the speed of its recovery. Experts held out little hope for two-year-old Archie after he was left for
dead by his attacker.
The black tom is now blind in one eye and faces having one of his legs amputated. He is also at risk from lead poisoning but his owner Yvonne Price, 51, is hopeful he will pull through.
She said: "When I first saw him at the vet's I just burst into tears. He looked so poorly.
"They told me it was touch-and-go but then Archie is such a little fighter that he just wouldn't let go."
She continued: "I just think who ever did this needs to be caught and made to understand the vileness and cruelty of what they have done.
"Archie has never hurt anyone, and for someone to shoot him like this and leave him for dead is just disgusting. I just can't imagine who would do something like this to an innocent cat - it is sick."
Police and RSPCA officials were yesterday still hunting the thug who targeted him near his owner's home in Bakewell, Derbyshire.
Archie had been missing from home for a week when Mrs Price was told by a neighbour that a cat had been found with serious injuries. It is thought he was shot at point-blank range. Police and the RSPCA are still hunting the person who carried out the attack in Bakewell, Derbyshire.
RSPCA inspector John Preston said: "Archie was extremely lucky to survive, especially as he was shot so many times and sustained such terrible injuries.
"It was a despicable and ruthless attack on a defenceless animal. My priority now is to find who did it and make sure it doesn't happen again." |
