Teen faces charges over crossbow attack on cat

Name: Raw: Crossbow attack on cat
Uploaded: 2013-10-25T12:39:46+13:00
Duration: 17 s
Description: A cat was shot through the head with a crossbow bolt. Moomoo, who belongs to a Wainuiomata family, had surgery at the Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital on Tuesday afternoon to remove the bolt. The 4-year-old cat was found by his owner Donna Ferrari earlier that day. The bolt had gone in above his left eye and emerged behind the ear.

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31 Oct, 2013 03:55 AMQuick Read

A cat was shot through the head with a crossbow bolt. Moomoo, who belongs to a Wainuiomata family, had surgery at the Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital on Tuesday afternoon to remove the bolt. The 4-year-old cat was found by his owner Donna Ferrari earlier that day. The bolt had gone in above his left eye and emerged behind the ear.

An 18-year-old is likely to face charges under the Animal Welfare Act over a cat being shot in the head with a cross bow bolt.

Wellington police spokesman Nick Bohm said the teen handed himself in over the incident, which saw Wainuiomata cat Moomoo needing surgery at the Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital last week.