My cat Oreo left the house near Cold Springs for about 30 minutes last Sunday and when I went to pick him up to put him to bed, I noticed he had blood on him. Thinking he had been in a fight, I took him to the vet to get checked out. 

That is when it was discovered he had been shot 11 times with a pellet rifle.

Someone shot my pet trying to kill him. There are not many suspects who live near us, but I do suspect someone who is known to do malicious things to animals/pets considering he has trapped and poisoned other pets before.

I hope this doesn’t happen to others who love their pets like I do and I hope the one responsible realizes the hurt caused by these actions.

Mary Ann Russell