Omg Ziggy Shot, Now A Yorkie, shooting of random pets in neighbourhood Options

[Zita'sMom]

I just went to put a new poster up to "Ziggy's shooter" on the local mailboxes - there are two main mailboxes in our area, three if you go a bit further, and there is another sign. "A Psycho shot our Yorkie".

Apparently the dog was shot in the flank and bled heavily. This is not next door, but in the same rural area. Whoever shot Ziggy is out to kill more pets.

Zita went missing in October and many other signs for missing cats have appeared on mailboxes. I will go to talk to the people with the Yorkie tomorrow and to the constable in charge as well as to the newspapers and television station. I will be posting more flyers.

I can't even express in words how angry, drained, shocked and devastated I am. We live in a very, very dangerous area for our pets and I don't know what to do. My pets are my life!

The extension of our "dream house" on a beautiful acreage has drained us in health, finances and many personal costs/sacrifices, but losing the cats is the absolute worst. Knowing the shooter is out looking for more prey is... oh my God, I am just sick.

We have 5 dogs all rescues, now just one cat (3 dead all under 5 years old since 2006). Our old border collie sometimes gets onto the road. This person / people is sick, sick, sick. I just don't know what to do. Moving is not yet an option because the reno's aren't even complete. This is a total nightmare!

I live in a war zone. Even if we leave, someone is out there shooting innocent pets and other creatures for the pure entertainment of watching an animal fight for it's life... This is not accidental, there is no way a Yorkie looks like a squirrel or a rodent (and shooting them is sick enough as it is).

sick, sick, sick.

My heart hurts. What can I do? This has to stop.

Jan.

[AngelCareOne]

Zeus - well that's hard. I have very mixed feelings about keeping him indoors always. He is such an outdoor cat. I know he is at risk. I spoke to an animal communicator on Sunday who said that Zeus really needed the outdoors, and I tend to agree. This whole thing breaks me up because quality of life is important too - for my pets and for me and living in a sort of prison at home just feels so wrong. I have to think about this. I keep telling him it's not safe, but he "tells" me he just wants to be out in the morning. He has been back in the early afternoon and at night. 4 acres in a no-traffic area and I am keeping an outdoor cat inside - I know all the reasons to do it. I just really have to think on all of it.

Dearest Jan, it's great to hear that your property is fenced in. That's a relief to know. Okay, I realize Zeus is an outdoor cat and that's what he loves and where he wants to be. Jan, imagine for a moment that you're Dr. Dolittle and can actually talk with the animals and they can talk with you. During this magic time, you sat down and explained to Zeus that there is a dangerous serial animal killer out there and Zeus could very well be the next victim. What do you think Zeus would say? Better yet, what to you believe the animal communicator would tell you now considering the latest event of the Yorkie being shot?

How about this. There's an F5 tornado outside where you live tossing debris, houses, 16 wheel trucks, derailing trains, pulling hundred year old trees out of the ground by the roots and flinging them at hundreds of miles per hour all over the place along with everything else and causing devastating damage. Do you let Zeus go outside during that tornado? Of course you don't. You wait until that tornado passes, the coast is clear and let him out again ...

That tornado is temporary and this hideous situation is temporary, too. This monster will be caught on this earthly plane and perhaps soon. Either that or he will get busted for some other unrelated crime and be sent to the slammer. It's doubtful that he'll move unless his situation makes it necessary for him (or them) to do so. It's not their modus operandi to move ...

However, and this is very bad news, it is this type's M.O. to change their method of killing when they become bored so wish to make things more interesting, thrilling or gratifying for themselves. Can you guess some of the other methods of killing cats and dogs that this monster will employ? I'm not certain how well you're acquainted with the way they work but it ain't pretty. Please remember that I have worked as a psychiatric nurse for several years of my 26 plus year career as well as in Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation for close to 30 years. Jan, I have seen this before. It's predictable. The good news about that predictability is that he (or they) do get/become careless and do get caught. Fact. Hugs!!!

Back to Zeus: Most cats will cry to go outside. I know mine have so I put a harness on them and walk them on a leash letting them take their time to sniff here and there and go wherever they wish at a very leisurely pace. There are inexpensive, light weight extender recoil leashes that extend to 25 feet and 50 feet which you can lock in place at the distance you feel most comfortable and unlock or pull in the slack of leash to make it shorter. You do know why you need to use a harness when a cat is outside and not a collar, right? Unless, of course, your cat has a special break away collar. Very important stuff to know.

I realize you feel trapped, helpless, angry, filled with rage, sorrow, grief, horror and like you're a prisoner in your own home. Your world has been shattered by a faceless monster but this is a temporary situation. I guarantee you, this is temporary. In the meantime, animals have no voice and no choice. You have to be their voice and choice. Please, I beg that you reconsider keeping Zeus safely indoors for just a while or I dread the next post you may be making, your heart more broken and your soul more shattered. So, please reconsider. Just for a while, Jan. Hugs!!!

I do need to figure out a camera sort of auto picture type thing. The mailboxes are far away from my home, I wish I could set something up there. Kinda hard for me to hide there too it's a pretty open spot....

Jan, approximately how far away from where the posters are hung is the nearest large tree? Place to safely park a car so there will be no suspicion? A building where one or more "watchers" can either duck around the corner or go inside that has a window which points in the direction of those posters? Where you can place a large cardboard box or other place to hide inside with view pointed to those posters? How many feet or distance in city blocks? 1 block? 3 blocks? 5 blocks? More? A true story ...

I was married at private a garden on their island. The photographer took some photos from way on the other side of the lake near the woods almost a half a mile away and I thought he was out of his mind until I got those photos back with the rest. It was though he was just a few feet away. Amazing but true. Jan, something can be rigged up. I just need to know approximately how far away someone can safely "hide" along with the equipment while still having it point towards those posters.

Don't worry about or give a second thought to me doing foot work, Dear One. That's what I do. Save animals and help my friends. Love you bunches, Jan!

Your Friendly Warrior Angel,
Dottie xoxoxox

[Zita'sMom]

Hi Dottie

I am terribly worried about my Zeus, but I'm not the only one who makes decisions about him. This is difficult and too long to post here anyway. I am exhausted from so many thoughts. I hate it here! In more ways than anyone can realize.

Someone told me that even videotaping the person perpetrating the crime is not considered valid evidence because there is some kind of privacy law, so I'll have to find out more.

I am so glad you people are here to support me because I feel so completely alone.

I did talk to the people with the Yorkie today - the dog got shot twice, 4 days apart. Their next door neighbour's dog came back with blisters all over its nose like it had been sprayed or blasted with something.

I am utterly exhausted.

There are so many things I am dealing with on personal levels on top of all of this. I just go from extremely angry to exhausted and nothing in between.

take care Dottie

Jan.

Dearest Jan, it's great to hear that your property is fenced in. That's a relief to know. Okay, I realize Zeus is an outdoor cat and that's what he loves and where he wants to be. Jan, imagine for a moment that you're Dr. Dolittle and can actually talk with the animals and they can talk with you. During this magic time, you sat down and explained to Zeus that there is a dangerous serial animal killer out there and Zeus could very well be the next victim. What do you think Zeus would say? Better yet, what to you believe the animal communicator would tell you now considering the latest event of the Yorkie being shot?

How about this. There's an F5 tornado outside where you live tossing debris, houses, 16 wheel trucks, derailing trains, pulling hundred year old trees out of the ground by the roots and flinging them at hundreds of miles per hour all over the place along with everything else and causing devastating damage. Do you let Zeus go outside during that tornado? Of course you don't. You wait until that tornado passes, the coast is clear and let him out again ...

That tornado is temporary and this hideous situation is temporary, too. This monster will be caught on this earthly plane and perhaps soon. Either that or he will get busted for some other unrelated crime and be sent to the slammer. It's doubtful that he'll move unless his situation makes it necessary for him (or them) to do so. It's not their modus operandi to move ...

However, and this is very bad news, it is this type's M.O. to change their method of killing when they become bored so wish to make things more interesting, thrilling or gratifying for themselves. Can you guess some of the other methods of killing cats and dogs that this monster will employ? I'm not certain how well you're acquainted with the way they work but it ain't pretty. Please remember that I have worked as a psychiatric nurse for several years of my 26 plus year career as well as in Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation for close to 30 years. Jan, I have seen this before. It's predictable. The good news about that predictability is that he (or they) do get/become careless and do get caught. Fact. Hugs!!!

Back to Zeus: Most cats will cry to go outside. I know mine have so I put a harness on them and walk them on a leash letting them take their time to sniff here and there and go wherever they wish at a very leisurely pace. There are inexpensive, light weight extender recoil leashes that extend to 25 feet and 50 feet which you can lock in place at the distance you feel most comfortable and unlock or pull in the slack of leash to make it shorter. You do know why you need to use a harness when a cat is outside and not a collar, right? Unless, of course, your cat has a special break away collar. Very important stuff to know.

I realize you feel trapped, helpless, angry, filled with rage, sorrow, grief, horror and like you're a prisoner in your own home. Your world has been shattered by a faceless monster but this is a temporary situation. I guarantee you, this is temporary. In the meantime, animals have no voice and no choice. You have to be their voice and choice. Please, I beg that you reconsider keeping Zeus safely indoors for just a while or I dread the next post you may be making, your heart more broken and your soul more shattered. So, please reconsider. Just for a while, Jan. Hugs!!!



Jan, approximately how far away from where the posters are hung is the nearest large tree? Place to safely park a car so there will be no suspicion? A building where one or more "watchers" can either duck around the corner or go inside that has a window which points in the direction of those posters? Where you can place a large cardboard box or other place to hide inside with view pointed to those posters? How many feet or distance in city blocks? 1 block? 3 blocks? 5 blocks? More? A true story ...

I was married at private a garden on their island. The photographer took some photos from way on the other side of the lake near the woods almost a half a mile away and I thought he was out of his mind until I got those photos back with the rest. It was though he was just a few feet away. Amazing but true. Jan, something can be rigged up. I just need to know approximately how far away someone can safely "hide" along with the equipment while still having it point towards those posters.

Don't worry about or give a second thought to me doing foot work, Dear One. That's what I do. Save animals and help my friends. Love you bunches, Jan!

Your Friendly Warrior Angel,
Dottie xoxoxox