In Washington, a woman witnessed a very inhumane act, when she saw a driver strap his cat to the back of his car.
The D.C. woman was so mad at what she saw that she recorded the incident and posted the video to Facebook. She even called WUSA9 News and told them she tried to confront the driver. “All he said was that it was a wild cat,” said Jessica Wright, when she finally stopped the driver Saturday.
The heartbreaking video, recorded on her phone shows a driver transporting the car in what appears to be some type of “Have a Heart” humane animal trap, strapped to the hood of the trunk. Wright told WUSA9, “I was really upset about it. “I just can’t imagine in what world you wouldn’t think that, that wouldn’t be incredibly inhumane, but also like socially unacceptable.”
Wright works as a veterinary technician and was concerned that this was torture for the domesticated animal, and worried if the driver got into an accident. Fairfax County Animal Protection Officer, Sgt. Kim England said, “I have not, no. I’ve been doing this for 10-years and I have never seen that with a cat. It’s really frustrating and disheartening. First of all, you wonder why.”
While she hasn’t seen anything like this before, the sergeant adds that it’s not necessarily illegal. “Anybody that’s having a problem with feral cats is encouraged to call the non-emergency dispatch number so we can talk to them,” said Sgt. England.
Wright said the driver eventually released the car on Gallows Rd, just before she could get to it. After going back and trying to find the cat, she tells the news site, “I’d like to help find a home for it. I’m assuming that it’s someone’s pet because I can’t imagine why you would want to relocate a wild cat and it didn’t seem dangerous or anything, he was able to pull it out of the trap and let it go. That was such a callous and bold thing to do. I can’t believe he did that, so I want to make sure that other people are aware that, that is completely unacceptable.”
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[Featured Image Credit: wusa 9]
Evil Owner Strapped Cat To The Back Of His Car is an article from: LifeDaily