Thugs shot my cat
A WOMAN has slammed sick thugs who shot her cat with an air rifle. Nicola Blunden, 32, of Hunters Hall Road, Dagenham, took three-year-old Teddy to the vet on Friday after the cat started limping. She was shocked when an operation revealed a rifle pellet
A WOMAN has slammed sick thugs who shot her cat with an air rifle.
Nicola Blunden, 32, of Hunters Hall Road, Dagenham, took three-year-old Teddy to the vet on Friday after the cat started limping.
She was shocked when an operation revealed a rifle pellet lodged in Teddy's side.
Miss Blunden said: "I couldn't believe it when they said she'd been shot. I thought she'd just fallen funny or knocked herself.
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"I have know idea why anyone would want to do this to her.
"It must have happened round here as she never ventures far."
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Vets removed the pellet and Teddy is now recovering at home.
Miss Blunden hopes the lucky escape will be a warning to fellow pet-owners
She said: "Hopefully, other owners will just keep an eye out for their pets and be careful."
"Otherwise it might be worse next time.
