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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Dallas police department to oversee investigation of cat killings and mutilations

by PegNews wire

The Dallas police department is officially overseeing an investigation on what has been an ongoing pattern of cat killings and mutilations across the city. Up until now, the city hasn't had a system in place. Cat killings have been reported in northwest Dallas, North Dallas, northeast Dallas, and they're all cruel and horrid. The police will be working with an investigator from Dallas Animal Services.

There's no comprehending why anyone would do this, but it's also hard to understand why people let their cats roam around outside. We're not out in nature, we're a city, and it's just a lousy thing to do. Wouldn't it be nice if people who got pets had to take a class first?

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So sad about the kitties but the scariest part about this is that we basically have a serial killer(s) in the making roaming the streets of Dallas. It is good to know that the DPD is taking this seriously. It's only a matter of time before he/they graduate to human beings.

jtmbls Anonymous

2 months, 4 weeks ago
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The article mentions ... "it's also hard to understand why people let their cats roam around outside. We're not out in nature, we're a city, and it's just a lousy thing to do. Wouldn't it be nice if people who got pets had to take a class first?"

We ARE in a city, but people have let their cats out of their houses since I can remember.

It's one of the unique things about cats - they mill around outside and always come home and they pose no threat to others, and if they're not declawed - it's typically OK to let them run around, scratch a tree, mark an area as their own - 'prowl' the neighborhood - then come home for vittles.

I think it's lousier to keep them locked up inside when seriously - when has it EVER been an issue to 'let the cat out' before?

Can't believe that's even a paragraph in this story!??!?!

What's sick, disgusting and the real issue (story) here - is the wack-job that's going around slaying cats for pleasure.

I have to agree with jtmbls - this sick freak would probably turn to humans at some point.

Best the police go ahead and investigate now.

SandyTaylor_2009 Anonymous

2 months, 3 weeks ago
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perhaps SandyTaylor would find <a href="http://www.runway.net/b/moonmaid/in-or-out.html">this link</a> illuminating, about the perils an outdoor cat faces, including the statement that the average lifespan of an outdoor cat is "about a year and a half" vs. 15 years for a cat that stays indoors.

obviously the fortunes of a cat depend on where it lives, with some neighborhoods more dangerous than others; but as the story points out, most cats feel free to roam wherever they want, including streets and other places where their life is at risk

Teresa Gubbins Staff

2 months, 3 weeks ago
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Sounds like wild dogs or coyotes....they like to get kitties...

rickv22 Anonymous

2 months, 3 weeks ago
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CAts that stay inside all the time act weird....

rickv22 Anonymous

2 months, 3 weeks ago
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She found both halves of the 12-year-old cat laid out, as she says, "like the Black Dahlia" on a neighbor's front lawn: "I am no C.S.I. expert, but this did not look like an animal attack. They were clean cuts, no blood."

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“It was a grey cathead, it was just chopped off—it looked like a clean cut,” she told me. “There was nothing wrong with the face, so it didn’t look like it had been in a fight. The head was just sliced right off.”

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The neighbor who discovered Bill -- who appeared "to have been chopped in half with a machete," according to his heartsick owner, Melissa, a family friend -- called 911.

Dude, if you think that machete-wielding coyotes are the better alternative here, you are clearly not living in the same world as I am.

Pavel Lishin Verified

2 months, 3 weeks ago
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The heat these past couple of weeks makes the morons of the universe do stupid things....while killing animals is ...indeed, something to look into, because it could lead to other things....while wild animals on the loose, possible..then again lets stay tuned as the Pegasus News.....Keep's a balanced eye on things that can be solved...Or realized...A/T..This is not stupid this is mean....

alexander troup Verified

2 months, 3 weeks ago
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"CAts" who act weird because they stay inside all the time probably don't receive enough attention from their owners. the ideal that's recommended by Dr. Elsey, maker of fine cat litter, is a minimum 15 minutes of play in the morning and 15 minutes at night

Teresa Gubbins Staff

2 months, 3 weeks ago
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Maybe people could keep their damned cats inside so they don't have to keep taking dumps all over the place.

DC Anonymous

2 months, 3 weeks ago
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::15 minutes of play in the morning and 15 minutes at night

For those of you too committed to your careers or working on a Sedentary Nobel, the wondrous world of the US Patent Office holds a treasure trove of space age time savers. We present for your amusement and edification:

United States Patent 6701872 No really. An honest to goodness patent for this

 An apparatus for exercising a curious animal such as a housecat 
 comprises a laser pointer mounted on a shaft driven by a geared 
 motor mounted on a pedestal. The rotatable shaft is preferably 
 generally vertically disposed and the direction of the pointer is 
 preferably obliquely downward so that activation of the motor causes 
 the spot beam of the laser to track around the pedestal with a 
 vector of motion to attract a cat into interaction with the 
 spot beam. In a further specific embodiment, the laser pointer 
 may be mounted on the head of an oscillatory air circulation 
 fan with a pedestal. The oscillation of the spot beam, together 
 with the air movement of the oscillatory fan, further 
 stimulates activity in a cat while conveniently inducing 
 convective cooling.

Jason Rice Verified

2 months, 3 weeks ago
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This is some kinda laser I can put in my front yard to vaporize cats when they're defecating?

DC Anonymous

2 months, 3 weeks ago
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::in my front yard

The above is a 4-5 milliwatt device. You're looking for something a bit more... let's say sporty... in the gigawatt range.

Pretty Green!

Sure, you're saying to yourself, "But that's Kirtland Airforce Base. Won't my neighbors take umbrage at a large sodium laser in my front yard?"

Not after one or two introductory test firings.

Jason Rice Verified

2 months, 3 weeks ago
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Hm, would the same work for kids?

The vaporizing part, I mean.

Pavel Lishin Verified

2 months, 3 weeks ago
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COyotes are amazing killers....very sharp teeth....sounds like somebody is being dramatic....if I saw a dead cat i would not know if a coyote killed it or a human did...that is unless is hired Mr Monk..