Man admits he killed cats with bare hands because of daughter’s allergy

WMTW-TV reports that Michael Herrmann killed the cats with his bare hands. Astonishing. Truly crazy but he is not crazy. The cats were owned by a family friend who was staying with him.

Herrmann told animal control officers what he’d done and explained he did not want the cats in the house because his daughter is allergic to cats.

He turned himself in and is on bail. His actions are a felony in Maine if convicted.

Comment: He must have been drunk or on drugs. No sane person could do that. There were so many other options such as to ask the cat’s owner to leave the home with her/his cats or if that was impractical to board the cats at a boarding cattery pending a long terms solution if the friend was staying for a long time.

What does the friend think? Surely they can no longer be friends. Hermann must also dislike cats. Also he should have known that cats were going to be in the house. Perhaps at the outset his daughter was unaware that she was allergic to cats. The reaction could have been sane and humane. It was crazy and inhumane.

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Man admits he killed cats with bare hands because of daughter’s allergy — 5 Comments

M E King on April 5, 2017 at 6:48 pm said:
To be honest it sounds like a big excuse because he didn’t want the cats in his house.
You should always be careful about houseguests. They can establish residency and you may find you can’t just tell them to get out. That would include pets. I’m sure there is a lot more going on here.
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coll gower on April 5, 2017 at 4:16 am said:
m also shocked that the ownwers of the cats if they were friends didnt know about the childs allergy. imagine coming home an finding your cats killed by the person you trusted them with.
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ed young on April 5, 2017 at 2:26 am said:
im just curious as to whether they ever talked about it. it is possible that his wife or significant other said the friend had to stay despite the pet or something. there has to be more to the story cuz things dont generally go from, my daughters allergic to ur cat to i just killed ur cat without there being some intervening occurrence. i dont like what he did, but i cant judge him for it either. there has to be more going on there.
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Albert Schepis on April 4, 2017 at 9:53 pm said:
Yeah there was no care taken here at all! I hate to sound old fashioned but OMG what is this world coming to?
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Dee (Florida) on April 4, 2017 at 8:06 pm said:
Truth is that he was never a friend in the first place. Very poor judgment on behalf of the caretakers.
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