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| Cat's leg amputated after attack | Cat's leg amputated after attack |
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| A cat is recovering after being shot with a pellet gun in Islandmagee in County Antrim. | A cat is recovering after being shot with a pellet gun in Islandmagee in County Antrim. |
| The animal's back leg was shattered in the attack and had to be amputated. | The animal's back leg was shattered in the attack and had to be amputated. |
| The incident happened on Wednesday night and the kitten is recovering at a vet's surgery. | The incident happened on Wednesday night and the kitten is recovering at a vet's surgery. |
| Appealing for information, the USPCA's David Wilson said it was a completely callous act and such attacks were usually carried out by children. | Appealing for information, the USPCA's David Wilson said it was a completely callous act and such attacks were usually carried out by children. |
| "Parents buy these guns and very irresponsibly hand them over to kids. They take them out and turn them on any moving target they can find," Mr Wilson said. | "Parents buy these guns and very irresponsibly hand them over to kids. They take them out and turn them on any moving target they can find," Mr Wilson said. |
| "Some people will know who is causing this problem and they should be reported to the police, Crimestoppers or the USPCA." | "Some people will know who is causing this problem and they should be reported to the police, Crimestoppers or the USPCA." |
| Louie the cat's owner said the incident was "absolutely awful". | |
| "We've only just moved here, my mum's lived up there for 13 years, and nobody has seen anything like this before, it's absolutely horrendous," she said. | "We've only just moved here, my mum's lived up there for 13 years, and nobody has seen anything like this before, it's absolutely horrendous," she said. |
| "Whenever I laid him down I noticed the hole in his side - it was just a perfectly round hole." | "Whenever I laid him down I noticed the hole in his side - it was just a perfectly round hole." |