Posted on 10/15/2006 12:02:03 PM PDT by The_Englishman
INDUS, Minn. (AP) - A school principal has resigned and could face felony firearm charges after he shot and killed two orphaned kittens on school property last month.
Wade Pilloud, who resigned as principal of the K-12 Indus school, 40 miles west of International Falls, said he shot the kittens to spare them from starving to death after their mother was killed in an animal trap.
Pilloud said the shooting, which occurred on school grounds, endangered no one.
``I have bred cats, and I currently own two myself,'' he wrote Friday in an e-mail to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. ``I am not a cat hater. I did not want the animals to suffer.''
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Vengeful Viking kitties pics to follow in five...four...three....
Isn't this just a little bit ridiculous??!? er cryin' out loud....this warrants resignation??
Man, am I disappointed.
No shotgun-toting, mad-as-hell, kitties of mass destruction photos from my fellow Freepers.
Must all be watching the Giant's game or at church.
Mess with the Kitties at your peril :-)
I thought shooting feral cats was legal in Minn.
Having a gun on school property might not be however.
Were they ill?
People tend to be a little nutso living that far north...versus the "banana belt" down by Da Cities.
Where the kittens ill?
Probably not, but their mother was dead. I guess a bucket of water wasn't handy, that's the usual method of kitty control.
What? They have no animal shelters in Minnesota? It was cruel and out of line. :O(
John Mastin, acting sheriff in Koochiching County, said Pilloud could be charged with felony possession of a firearm on school property and reckless discharge of a firearm, a misdemeanor.
Like you probably guessed, this isn't so much about killing cats as it is about having/discharging a gun on school premises.
That monster.
Sad ping.
Hasn't this idiot ever heard of the Humane Society? If not, than he's too ignorant to be an educator.
**said he shot the kittens to spare them from starving to death after their mother was killed in an animal trap**
Cuz he couldn't have just taken them to a shelter or something...
Poor precious kitties - would it have been so hard to have tried to find them good homes? Or to call the humane society. This cat-killer had choices and he chose the worst. Yes, make him resign.
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