Apologies for the distressing images but how better to explain the utter trauma, despair and frustration felt by our vets & volunteers faced with having to deal with this hideous animal abuse. Politicians look away, the police can do nothing as local witnesses disappear intimidated & fearful for their own animals if they speak out.
We are paying the financial & emotional price of our stray cats being used as target practice by psychopaths with shotguns. This year has been the worst ever, these are only the few we find others surely have crawled off in agony to die.
Robin September 2021 Kokkino Chorio: Pellets lodged deep in the brain & spine, survived blind with neurological deficits walking & epilepsy now adopted in UK Robins xray Amy September 2022 Vamos: Large pellet lodged top of leg, shoulder joint destroyed leg amputated. Waiting for adoption Amy’s xray Amy’s amputated leg Stray kitten shot October 2022 Kokkino Chorio: Found dragging itself across the floor, spine snapped paralysed from that point down, maggot infested wounds sadly euthanised.