This is madness. It makes me mad. This woman apparently took in this stray cat, a tabby and white. She called him “Buddy”. She decided that Buddy wanted to attack her dog so she kicked snow at the cat – you can see it the video. This provoked and wound up Buddy who, unsurprisingly, counter attacked. He attacked her; he retaliated, which is to be expected. Whose fault was it?
And frankly, I am massively impressed by Buddy’s attack. Awesome and courageous. Sadly, his courage cost him his life. Someone thought he might have rabies! Who the hell decided that? Animal control people who are described as “Sanilac County officials”. Anyone with a grain of common sense could tell that the cat attack was due to provocation and not unprovoked.
Anyway, to test for rabies in you have to kill the cat first. Buddy was killed. Over and out – end of story. An example of combined human madness. Humans created the problem that lead to Buddy being killed by humans.
The woman says she likes cats and wants to save another. She said she had saved Buddy from someone who wanted to have him put to sleep. She didn’t do a very good job did she?
People are divided over this story. For my part, as stated, this is human folly and idiocy. The cat should have been left alone. The woman got what she deserved. For others, it was right to euthanize the cat. The video description on YouTube is: Viewer Video: Cat attacks woman in the snow. That implies the cat is a bad animal. In my opinion, that is totally misconstruing the situation and is unfair to the cat and cats generally. The video should be described as “Viewer Video: Cat defends himself from human abuse“. Or something like that.
My thanks to Riverside Robyn for showing me this video. It made me mad…
I’m not watching the video either.
However, euthanizing the cat immediately isn’t general protocol.
Usually, the animal in question is confined for 10 days of observation.
My guess as to why this didn’t happen was because he was feral – a convenient excuse to kill.
There is a blood test to detect rabies, but CDC deems it unreliable. So, why hasn’t anyone perfected the testing?
I think the witch should have been euthanized and her head cut off and sent for testing!
Ugly bloated woman she soon ran like a coward when the cat fought back and I agree that she deserves some horrible punishment for her cruelty and for reporting the cat knowing he’d be killed if suspected of rabies.
Me too Marc, I’m feeling really angry at the human race right now because today is full of horror stories, sometimes I want to run and hide from this fight against abuse of animals as it seems hopeless that we can ever stop it.
But the poor cat is more than hurt, she’s dead and all because that evil woman got her trust, then abused her, then betrayed her. Seems to me like she wanted her revenge on the cat and she got it and people always do, because they have the power to do so.
Sharon. The cat is not hurt. The woman is hurt. You’ll be impressed with Buddy! It is a rare case of the domestic cat getting the upper hand in an argument with a person. But in the end the cat loses – don’t they always in a dispute with humans?
I can’t watch the video. I have no tolerance for people who are mean and cruel to animals. I hope that she never tries to “rescue” another animal. She is just pure EVIL and there is a place reserved for people like this in a certain hot spot.