Tue Aug 27, 2013, 02:32 PM

‘Big Cat’ Causing Stir In Detroit Is Shot Dead

An exotic-looking “big cat” is no longer roaming a northwest Detroit neighborhood.

Several residents called animal control officers after seeing the feline — by some reports described as nearly four feet tall — roaming the streets.

“It got out of its owner’s home about a month ago through a screened-in window. So, we have been out there day and night, trying to set traps out to get this cat,” Laura Wilhelm-Bruzek, with Paws for the Cause Feral Cat Rescue, told WWJ Newsradio 950.

Wilhelm-Bruzek said she spoke to reporters on Saturday who said the cat was killed.

“They gave me a picture of a cat that was deceased, that was shot by a neighbor. So, we already had a good suspicion that the cat was deceased,” she said.

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/08/27/big-cat-causing-stir-in-detroit-is-shot-dead/

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‘Big Cat’ Causing Stir In Detroit Is Shot Dead (Original post)	Jesus Malverde	Aug 2013	OP
This is sad ...	Scuba	Aug 2013	#1
Very sad	get the red out	Aug 2013	#2
shot by a neighbor? why?	maxsolomon	Aug 2013	#3
I'm not a cat person...	sarisataka	Aug 2013	#4
Sad. Again with the guns, destroying life.	sinkingfeeling	Aug 2013	#5
Did it have a license?	PowerToThePeople	Aug 2013	#6
Chastized? I can't disappoint. Factually, you should arrested and have your RKBA legally-curbed.	Chan790	Aug 2013	#12
it is not a naturally occuring species.	PowerToThePeople	Aug 2013	#13
In most towns/cities there are laws regarding unlawful discharge of a firearm within city limits-	MerryBlooms	Aug 2013	#14
Maybe you need to work on stopping feral cats from occuring in the first place.	PowerToThePeople	Aug 2013	#15
There are too many feral/unwanteds, however	MerryBlooms	Aug 2013	#16
I agree.	PowerToThePeople	Aug 2013	#18
It really is a horrible situation for all concerned- cats/environment/humans. n/t	MerryBlooms	Aug 2013	#20
Damn, a Savannah. They're as friendly as a puppy. nt	Link Speed	Aug 2013	#7
Shit.	Warpy	Aug 2013	#8
I'm sorry about the loss of this animal too.. but....	Motown_Johnny	Aug 2013	#9
The most shocking aspect of this story	Capt. Obvious	Aug 2013	#10
Wish they could have tranquilized it	shenmue	Aug 2013	#11
+1	dionysus	Aug 2013	#17
Damn it all!	graywarrior	Aug 2013	#19

Response to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 02:36 PM

Scuba (53,475 posts)

1. This is sad ...

“It was simply ignorance. A Savannah cat is a cross between an African Serval and a domestic cat, and that is it. They’re larger cats, they’re very beautiful, they have a lot of stripes and spots, which I think was more intimidating to people than even the size of the cat, because the cat wasn’t overly huge, about 25 pounds and maybe when it was sitting was probably two feet tall. But they’re very sweet animals, they’re kind of like the dog of the cat world” she said.

‘Big Cat’ Causing Stir In Detroit Is Shot Dead

1. This is sad ...

2. Very sad

3. shot by a neighbor? why?

4. I'm not a cat person...

5. Sad. Again with the guns, destroying life.

6. Did it have a license?

12. Chastized? I can't disappoint. Factually, you should arrested and have your RKBA legally-curbed.

13. it is not a naturally occuring species.

14. In most towns/cities there are laws regarding unlawful discharge of a firearm within city limits-

15. Maybe you need to work on stopping feral cats from occuring in the first place.

16. There are too many feral/unwanteds, however

18. I agree.

20. It really is a horrible situation for all concerned- cats/environment/humans. n/t

7. Damn, a Savannah. They're as friendly as a puppy. nt

8. Shit.

9. I'm sorry about the loss of this animal too.. but....

10. The most shocking aspect of this story

11. Wish they could have tranquilized it

17. +1

19. Damn it all!