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Cat is targeted for fourth time.


WHISKEY whiskey [from the Gaelic for "water of life"], spirituous liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grains, usually rye, barley, oats, wheat, or corn. Inferior whiskeys are made from potatoes, beets, and other roots.  the cat is recovering after being shot for the fourth time.

The six year-old Barry moggy moggy

term of endearment addressed to a cat.
 was taken to local vet Maurice Kirk with an airgun pellet in its body.

But when Mr Kirk examined the animal he found that it had three other pellets lodged in its chest, stomach and back from previous shootings over the last six months.

The cat's elderly owner, who does not wish to be named, lives in the Colcot area of Barry.

Mr Kirk said: ``It is disgraceful dis·grace·ful  
adj.
Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.



dis·graceful·ly adv.
.

``The next time it could be a child or an elderly person who is hit.

``This elderly woman is too afraid to be named because she fears that she will also be shot at.

``This is the way things are today.'' He added that he had stabilised the cat's condition, and the animal has now returned home.

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CARE Vet Maurice Kirk with Whiskey the cat.; PICTURE: Malcolm Morgan.
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Publication:South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Date:Jul 25, 2002
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