Posted on 08/12/2010 7:55:45 AM PDT by Mikey_1962
Buffalo police rescued a cat from a Cheektowaga man who apparently was planning to make a meal out of his pet because he thought it was ill-tempered, authorities said Monday.
When Ferry-Fillmore District officers pulled over a car driven by Gary L. Korkuc on Sunday night during a traffic stop, they said they heard a cat crying from inside the trunk and investigated.
What they found has left animal lovers at the SPCA Serving Erie County in shock.
The cat, according to police, was in a cage “marinating” in a mixture of crushed red peppers, chili pepper, salt and oil.
“It’s disgusting. It surprises me every day what people are capable of when it comes to violence, whether it is animals or people,” said Gina M. Browning, the SPCA’s director of public relations. “I’ve never heard of anything like this before.”
Korkuc, 51, was arrested on one count of cruelty to animals by Officers Jerry Guilian and John Poisson, shortly after he was stopped on the 1100 block of Broadway at about 7:45 p. m. for allegedly passing a stop sign.
Police took the 4-year-old cat to the SPCA on Ensminger Road in the Town of Tonawanda, where Korkuc had adopted it May 11. He told police the cat had been “mean” to him, authorities said.
In condemning the treatment of the cat, whose name is Navarro, Browning read from an SPCA memo put together in part from information provided by the officers and shelter staff:
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Workers at the SPCA gave Navarro two baths Sunday night to clean the spices off and were letting him calm down before bathing him again, Browning said late Monday, adding that the cat is adjusting well.
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You’re probably correct. You always hear about them removing animals from someone’s home. Usually, the next line is that they were all sick and needed to be put down. Grr.
That’s why we foster cats and we always get a dog from the rescue network.
We just got a dog that is awesome. It’s kind of old but he move OK and he gets along with the cats and is an affectionate and protective dog.
The pound would have killed him within 48 hours.
BTTT
The other white meat! It is his cat, none of my business... If it was a goat or sheep, would anyone care?
A nice red purr-lot!
I once worked with a lady who volunteered at the humane society. She was the one they called when they rescued dogs out of situations like this.
Her job was to determine if they were aggressive and should be destroyed. Her general test was to throw her keys on the floor. If the dogs went after the keys they were put down.
Hopefully he wasn’t really going to do that. Wouldn’t he have take the fur off etc. if he really intended that? I hope he never gets another pet.
Hopefully he wasn’t really going to do that. Wouldn’t he have take the fur off etc. if he really intended that? I hope he never gets another pet.
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