Crime & Safety
$5,000 Reward Offered For Info On Cat Slain By Arrow
The arrow pierced the poor feline's lungs.
BROOKLINE, PA - A $5,000 reward is being offered for tips leading to the conviction of the person who killed a family cat with an arrow on Elmbank Street last weekend. The reward is being offered by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, according to a tweet by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.
Police have gone door-to-door on the street seeking information regarding the death of Ollie, who had to be euthanized by his heartbroken family after they discovered him wounded in the backyard. The arrow had gone through the cat's back and out of its chest.
The family took the cat to a veterinarian, who told them that the arrow had pierced Ollie’s lungs and he wouldn't survive.A GoFundMe page has been created to help the family pay the vet bill.
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Police are investigating an animal cruelty case in which a family pet, Ollie the cat, was struck by an arrow in Brookline. Have information? There's now a $5,000 reward being offered by PETA. pic.twitter.com/12ccyacHD5
— Pittsburgh Police (@PghPolice) October 17, 2018
Photo via GoFundMe.
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