Burnley family devastated as pet kitten is kicked to death
12:00pm Wednesday 19th September 2012 in News
By Kate Jackson, Reporter
DISTRAUGHT Jack Kemp, 13, with his dad Mark
A FAMILY has been left devastated after a kitten that was given as a 50th birthday present was kicked to death.
Bev Kemp and her husband Anthony were distraught to find little Pebbles, a 13-week-old, had suffered a ruptured stomach which vets said had been caused by being kicked.
The fluffy black and white kitten, which was given to Bev only eight weeks previously as a present from her sister, was put down on Thursday morning after vets told the family that nothing could be done to save her.
Bev, from Cleaver Street, Burnley, said that the kitten, was attacked after sneaking out of her house overnight.
Her son, David, 19, had found the kitten the next morning seriously injured cowering behind the gate.
Bev, a volunteer at substance misuse service, Inspire Burnley, said: “When he went to pick up Pebbles she was very cold and wet so he brought her inside. He put her on the settee and her legs dangled over it and she began to cry and was gasping for breath.
"We first thought that she might have been run over but there wasn’t a single mark on her. We took her to the vets who said that her stomach had split and her intestines had come into her stomach.
“Her back was also done in so she must have had to crawl home from wherever she had gone.
“They said that there was nothing that they could do for her and that would have to be put down.
“Pebbles was a very cute kitten, she would sit perched on my husband’s shoulders like a parrot and then lick his face, grooming him.
“To make the whole thing even worse my sister Michelle’s cat, Tinkerbell, who was Pebbles’ mum, was killed three weeks earlier by being run over by a car. Michelle had given me Pebbles eight weeks ago as a 50th birthday present.
“I really don’t know what sort of person would do this to a poor defenceless little kitten, it’s disgusting.
“I have told the police and I hope they are able to find whoever is responsible.”
Comments(17)
doctor1970
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2:26pm Wed 19 Sep 12
timeforcommonsense
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5:50pm Wed 19 Sep 12
district01
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5:58pm Wed 19 Sep 12
Will no doubt get the usual morons here with their silly comments!
vanmanstan
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6:19pm Wed 19 Sep 12
vanmanstan
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6:23pm Wed 19 Sep 12
VicLou
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6:57pm Wed 19 Sep 12
vanmanstan wrote:Yep, your one of the aforementioned morons with a silly comment!!!
sneaked out? i think the custom is to put the cat out at night, and after its done its business in other peoples gardens, screached its heads off again in other peoples gardens it then returns home till its left to do it all again, by the responsible cat owners.
davidinburnley
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7:54pm Wed 19 Sep 12
VicLou wrote:Agreed!
vanmanstan wrote:Yep, your one of the aforementioned morons with a silly comment!!!
sneaked out? i think the custom is to put the cat out at night, and after its done its business in other peoples gardens, screached its heads off again in other peoples gardens it then returns home till its left to do it all again, by the responsible cat owners.
vanmanstan
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8:38pm Wed 19 Sep 12
davidinburnley wrote:stick to 3 wheeled motor bikes davidinburnley
VicLou wrote:Agreed!vanmanstan wrote: sneaked out? i think the custom is to put the cat out at night, and after its done its business in other peoples gardens, screached its heads off again in other peoples gardens it then returns home till its left to do it all again, by the responsible cat owners.Yep, your one of the aforementioned morons with a silly comment!!!
JayEss
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8:43pm Wed 19 Sep 12
It's not possible to even understand this thought process, A 13 week old kitten is a small, defenceless creature. Whoever did this is just sick in the head.
vanmanstan
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9:10pm Wed 19 Sep 12
JayEss wrote:a small defence creature left by its owner to roam the streets at night? shouldnt the owner be reported? and on another note the average cat kills 3 birds a week so thats 150 a year on average.
I'm no cat lover and I wish we didn't have so many of them about but this is just wrong. It's not possible to even understand this thought process, A 13 week old kitten is a small, defenceless creature. Whoever did this is just sick in the head.
peely
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10:39pm Wed 19 Sep 12
vanmanstan wrote:So that gives you a right to kick a poor defenceless animal to death ? You deserve a good kicking my friend !
JayEss wrote:a small defence creature left by its owner to roam the streets at night? shouldnt the owner be reported? and on another note the average cat kills 3 birds a week so thats 150 a year on average.
I'm no cat lover and I wish we didn't have so many of them about but this is just wrong. It's not possible to even understand this thought process, A 13 week old kitten is a small, defenceless creature. Whoever did this is just sick in the head.
gazzandste
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10:44pm Wed 19 Sep 12
district01
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10:34am Thu 20 Sep 12
vanmanstan
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11:02am Thu 20 Sep 12
district01 wrote:district01 Obviously a keyboard warrior talking ****
Vanmanstan: Obviously a silly child called Stanley pretending to be a man who is able to drive a van!
davidinburnley
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8:20pm Thu 20 Sep 12
jellybiff
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11:48am Tue 25 Sep 12
strange behaviour from a strange family.A cat for your 50 th ???bizarre.
What really baffles me is the none story of it.Who is too say that it wasn't run over absolute garbage but the LET likes to print this stuff.
davidinburnley says...
12:30pm Wed 19 Sep 12