Hunt for gunman who killed cat with a rifle

The search is on for the person who shot useless a pet cat at level clean vary.

The physique of black cat Kizzy, aged six, was discovered riddled with bullets 4 miles away from house.

A litter picker stumbled throughout the cat in a discipline in Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire, and contacted the proprietor after seeing an attraction on Facebook.

Kizzy had been lacking for 4 days and his homeowners have been ‘distraught’.

The RSPCA and Lincolnshire Police are interesting for data to trace down his killer.

Inspector Kathleen Burris stated: ‘We consider poor Kizzy was shot at shut vary with a rifle in his chest.

‘He would have suffered terribly and his homeowners are fully distraught by his dying.

‘His homeowners had been looking for their lacking cat for days, placing up posters and posts on social media, to try to discover him.

‘The gentleman who found Kizzy’s physique had seen the misplaced and located Facebook publish so contacted the cat’s homeowners immediately.

‘Kizzy’s physique was taken to the vet and an X-ray confirmed he had been shot.

‘This was a callous and deliberate attack on a much-loved pet so I am keen to find out if anyone saw or heard anything.’

The cat had been lacking from his house on March 20, at round 8.30pm, and his physique was discovered on March 24.

An X-ray revealed Kizzy had two wounds to the chest and a fractured rib, and there have been additionally small steel fragments discovered inside him.

It is believed the cat was shot with a bullet sized .22 or bigger, because the bullet went by his physique.

Inspector Burris added: ‘It could be very distressing to assume that folks have the benefit of inflicting such horrific accidents to defenceless animals.

‘This is a deliberate and brutal act of cruelty.’

A Lincolnshire Police spokesperson confirmed the pressure was conscious of the incident.

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