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A police department in Ohio on Tuesday defended a humane officer who shot and killed a litter of feral kittens and told nearby children that the animals would be going to kitty heaven. An executive with the Ohio Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals told the Sun News (http://www.cleveland.com/north-ridgeville/index.ssf/2013/06/north_ridgeville_humane_office.html#incart_river) that Humane Officer Barry Accorti had responded to a complaint from a Vista Lake Way homeowner on Monday about a litter of kittens living in her woodpile.
He informed her that shelters were full and that these cats would be going to kitty heaven, Ohio SPCA Executive Director Teresa Landon explained to the paper. She assumed he would be trapping them or something and taking them to a shelter and they would be humanely euthanized if they were not adopted.
Instead, he went to his truck and got a gun, which she thought was a tranquilizer gun, and walked around to the back of the house and approximately 15 feet from her back door shot and killed the 8- to 10-week-old kittens.
Landon said the officer began shooting the animals in front of the homeowner and within in range of her young children.
Her children were upstairs in view of the windows. They started screaming and crying because they heard the gunshots. They started screaming, Mommy, hes killing the kittens, Landon noted. Its heartbreaking There is no excuse for it. Its absolutely shameful that someone with the title of humane officer would do this.
The SPCA called for Accorti to be fired, but North Ridgeville Police Department Chief Mike Freeman released a statement (http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/302822/45/SPCA-wants-humane-officer-who-shot-kittens-fired) defending his actions.
The cats were located within the wood pile and euthanized, Freeman wrote. The cats were removed from the wood pile and taken from the residence.http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/12/officer-cleared-after-shooting-litter-of-kittens-in-front-of-kids/
A police department in Ohio on Tuesday defended a humane officer who shot and killed a litter of feral kittens and told nearby children that the animals would be going to kitty heaven. An executive with the Ohio Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals told the Sun News (http://www.cleveland.com/north-ridgeville/index.ssf/2013/06/north_ridgeville_humane_office.html#incart_river) that Humane Officer Barry Accorti had responded to a complaint from a Vista Lake Way homeowner on Monday about a litter of kittens living in her woodpile.
He informed her that shelters were full and that these cats would be going to kitty heaven, Ohio SPCA Executive Director Teresa Landon explained to the paper. She assumed he would be trapping them or something and taking them to a shelter and they would be humanely euthanized if they were not adopted.
Instead, he went to his truck and got a gun, which she thought was a tranquilizer gun, and walked around to the back of the house and approximately 15 feet from her back door shot and killed the 8- to 10-week-old kittens.
Landon said the officer began shooting the animals in front of the homeowner and within in range of her young children.
Her children were upstairs in view of the windows. They started screaming and crying because they heard the gunshots. They started screaming, Mommy, hes killing the kittens, Landon noted. Its heartbreaking There is no excuse for it. Its absolutely shameful that someone with the title of humane officer would do this.
The SPCA called for Accorti to be fired, but North Ridgeville Police Department Chief Mike Freeman released a statement (http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/302822/45/SPCA-wants-humane-officer-who-shot-kittens-fired) defending his actions.
The cats were located within the wood pile and euthanized, Freeman wrote. The cats were removed from the wood pile and taken from the residence.http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/12/officer-cleared-after-shooting-litter-of-kittens-in-front-of-kids/