Missing cat was shot with pellet gun
Nicole Crandell was both elated and shocked when her cat Biggie was returned to her nearly three weeks after he had gone missing – elated that he was still alive and shocked that he was found with extensive injuries from being shot multiple times with a pellet gun.
Now she’s asking for the public’s help to track down the culprit.
“Obviously, we’re super, super happy to have him home but really saddened by the fact that he was pretty traumatized,” Crandell said. “Imagine going through that, getting shot at least four or five times, it’s just really saddening.”
Crandell lives in College Heights by a greenbelt so when four-year-old Biggie first went missing on Nov. 3, she thought a fox might have gotten him.
But two-and-a-half weeks later, she got a call from a veterinarian who told her he had been found in Blackburn, about 15 kilometres away. The feline was traced back to Crandell through a tattoo in his ear.
The good news was countered by the fact more than five shots from a pellet gun were found in his head and cheek. Three of them remain following surgery to remove the shots.
She speculated Biggie was kidnapped from College Heights, taken to Blackburn, shot point-blank and then dumped and left to die. She said a file has been opened with the SPCA.
Imagine going through that, getting shot at least four or five times... — Nicole Crandell