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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 11:30 AM Feb 2014

Kitten tossed from moving car in Maury County

Animal advocates are trying to find the person who tossed a kitten from a moving car in middle Tennessee.

According to Eva's Eden, a rescue group in Maury County, the kitten was thrown out of a vehicle driving on Highway 31 around 6 pm on January 15. Several cars stopped to help, and one of those folks got the kitten to animal control.

Their website says vets pulled gravel from the kitten's face, and treated several injuries that may have happened before he was thrown. It looks like he may have been attacked by a dog or other animal because of injuries to its tail, which will have to be removed.

The group says they want to find out who threw the kitten onto the road, and make sure they are not abusing any other animals. They are asking for anyone with information to call City of Columbia Animal Control at (931) 375-1408.

Once the kitten is healed, it will be available for adoption.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20140120/PROMO/140120029/Kitten-tossed-from-moving-car-Maury-County

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Kitten tossed from moving car in Maury County (Original Post) joeybee12 Feb 2014 OP
god damn humans warrior1 Feb 2014 #1
....^ 840high Feb 2014 #2
The perp should spend many weekends on Highway 31 KamaAina Feb 2014 #3
Once again, I think we need harsher animal cruelty laws. Chan790 Feb 2014 #4
Egads!!... madinmaryland Feb 2014 #5
Noooooo shenmue Feb 2014 #6
These stories are so hard to read. oregonjen Feb 2014 #7
 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
4. Once again, I think we need harsher animal cruelty laws.
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 05:59 PM
Feb 2014

When they find this asshole, they're looking at an astounding maximum of:

*11 months, 29 days incarceration

and/or

*$2500 in fines.

Edit: Animal cruelty is a Class-A Misdemeanor in TN. Those are the sentencing guidelines for all Class-A Misdemeanors.

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)
5. Egads!!...
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 09:29 PM
Feb 2014

That where my mom's side of the family came from. They moved there in the early 1800's. No one related still lives there that I know of.

oregonjen

(3,338 posts)
7. These stories are so hard to read.
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 09:47 PM
Feb 2014

I can't comprehend such cruelty to other living beings. So relieved to know that he will live and hopefully find a warm and safe home.

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