Man drowns neighbor's kitten in barrel, says he was attacked

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http://heraldleader.com/454/story/173272.html

Man drowns neighbor's kitten in barrel, says he was attacked
TELLS OF FINDING 'SALLY' IN RACCOON TRAP
By Delano R. Massey
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Bill Fountain says he was attacked last week by a wild animal he found in his raccoon trap. In an effort to defend himself, Fountain drowned it in a large barrel.

"I was attacked in my back yard in the night by a feral animal that I thought was a raccoon. I was merely protecting myself," Fountain, a University of Kentucky extension professor of horticulture, said yesterday.

It turns out the "feral" animal was neighbor Barbara Morgan's 5-month-old kitten Sally, one of two abandoned kittens she recently rescued.

Morgan hoped to find homes for Sally and Susie -- two short-haired black cats with "pretty" green eyes. Susie has been missing since Labor Day, and Morgan's suspicions about her fate have heightened because of Sally's demise.

Whether or not Fountain thought the animal was a raccoon, Lexington police Lt. Dwayne Holman said, a complaint for second-degree cruelty to animals, a misdemeanor, was filed Thursday at Fayette District Court.

The police report says the suspect "intentionally caused death to a domesticated animal by means of drowning." The kitten was killed about 8 p.m. Thursday.

"At this point, the person has not been charged or picked up," Holman said. "It's up to the court."

Holman said police have forwarded Morgan's complaint to the Fayette County attorney's office for a recommendation on whether to file criminal charges.

Such a case is rare, said Fayette County Attorney Larry Roberts. Typically, such charges are filed in rural areas over mistreatment of farm animals. He said the charge carries a penalty of up to 12 months in jail, a fine or both.

Fountain's attorney, Don Todd, said his client was well within his rights.

"Raccoons were getting in his trash, gnawing on his garbage," he said. "He had a trap out for a raccoon, he thought it was a coon he captured, it struck out at him -- grabbed at him."

Todd stopped short at saying how the cat died.

It's "unfortunate it turned out to be his neighbor's cat." He said Fountain "feels terrible about it."

Morgan feels terrible, too.

"She's been torn up all weekend," said her husband, Letcher Morgan. "She's finally getting back to a little bit of normal."

Barbara Morgan gave this account of the incident:

She walked outside to prop open the side door to the garage so Sally and Susie could come home and eat. Morgan heard Fountain moving around, so she walked over to the 6-foot privacy fence that separates the two yards on Wabash Drive. Peering through the fence, she saw Fountain walking with his raccoon trap. Then she noticed a dark object on the ground.

She asked "Bill, what are you doing?"

She said he turned, then said, "I killed a coon."

How did you kill it? she asked. He said, "I drowned it."

But Morgan thought she saw her black kitten. She asked to see the raccoon.

"I asked him about four times," she recalled. "I asked if he would show my husband. He said, 'No, I don't have to.'"

She went into the house, told her husband about the encounter and called the police, who found the dead cat.

The Lexington Humane Society came out and removed the body. Officials called Morgan on Friday to identify the body. It was Sally.

The Morgans have lived on Wabash for nearly two decades. Morgan says she has looked after Fountain's home, watering his flowers while he was out of town.

"For this to have happened, it's just so totally shocking to me," she said.

Fountain said he did not kill Sally intentionally.

"I dearly love Barbara and Letcher," he said. "They're wonderful people, and I would never in a million years do anything to hurt them."

 

[Victarion]

Wuss

-Morzan

 

[Mee]

Now he'll face the wrath of...

"This is not revenge, it's punishment."

 

[November Rain]

A wet ***** thread...

boooo

 

[Ben Urich]

He should face the death penalty.

 

[Badger]

There is no way you mistake a kitten for a racoon...


And, Mee stop making life at this.

 

[AhabTheArab]

honest mistake.. im sure if hes telling the truth he feels like a jackass. but if not, stray cats deserve death by grill.

 

[Norman Osborn]

honest mistake.. im sure if hes telling the truth he feels like a jackass. but if not, stray cats deserve death by grill.

 

[bell110]

Why would you drowned a racoon anyways?

 

[jaguarr]

If that had really been a raccoon that guy would be at the emergency ward starting his series of rabies shots in the stomach because they bite and scratch like a mofo.

jag

 

[redmarvel]

He had it caught in a trap. If he really thought it was a rabid raccoon, call animal control and let them deal with it. He wanted to kill a kitten, pure and simple, and should face charges for animal cruelty

 

[Badger]

honest mistake.. im sure if hes telling the truth he feels like a jackass. but if not, stray cats deserve death by grill.

 

[AhabTheArab]

what? they lick the butter! dont look at me like that.

and raccoons at night should not have rabies, now if you see them in the daytime, then you have problems.

 

[EdRyder]

If that had really been a raccoon that guy would be at the emergency ward starting his series of rabies shots in the stomach because they bite and scratch like a mofo.

jag

Exactly
There was an episode of 'Worlds Wildest ' or whatever,..There was a guy who was trying to get this family of Raccoons out of a crawlspace.Make no mistake-those little *[EMAIL="*#*^@!$"]#*^@!$ will[/EMAIL] maul you.When he got his hand around one-It had bitten down through his glove-Wrapped its tiny front paws around his wrist,and began to kick like a psycho with its back legs-I never saw anything like it-Had he not been wearing any gloves at all-Were not only talking an emergency room visit,were talking possible skin grafts.

Anyhow
There is no way in hell this man confused the kitten for a Raccoon-especially a five month old Kitten.

The Next headline you'll read is:
"Ed Ryder: Drowns Man In Toilet"

 

[Immortalfire]

Bastard!

 

[Badger]

Exactly
There was an episode of 'Worlds Wildest ' or whatever,..There was a guy who was trying to get this family of Raccoons out of a crawlspace.Make no mistake-those little *#*^@!$ will maul you.When he got his hand around one-It had bitten down through his glove-Wrapped its tiny front paws around his wrist,and began to kick like a psycho with its back legs-I never saw anything like it-Had he not been wearing any gloves at all-Were not only talking an emergency room visit,were talking possible skin grafts.

Anyhow
There is no way in hell this man confused the kitten for a Raccoon-especially a five month old Kitten.

The Next headline you'll read is:
"Ed Ryder: Drowns Man In Toilet"

You should draw a picture of that.

t:

 

[Bill]

"She walked outside to prop open the side door to the garage so Sally and Susie could come home and eat. Morgan heard Fountain moving around, so she walked over to the 6-foot privacy fence that separates the two yards on Wabash Drive. Peering through the fence, she saw Fountain walking with his raccoon trap. Then she noticed a dark object on the ground."

I don't agree with what happened to the kitten, and I think that the guy ought to have the book thrown at him. With that being said, KEEP YOUR DAMN CAT INSIDE THE HOUSE."

We have the problem of our neighbors cat pissing around our door, and very few things smell worse than cat piss. If they had kept the cat indoors, nothing like that would have happened.

 

[Showtime]

They should drown him in a barrel.

 

[Mee]

They should drown him in a barrel.

Of monkeys!




Killer monkeys!

 

[Ghostvirus]

Well there it is! I was looking for something to unbighten my day, & low & behold a man drowns a kitten. The only thing that could make me sadder is if he had ass raped the kitten before hand.

Does anyone have any other sad ass stories they would like to post. How about an elderly lady is eaten alive by her son. Then lets her 15 cats pick her bones clean.

This f***ing place has become a den of hate, & sadness. That I can no longer take!

 

[Badger]

Well there it is! I was looking for something to unbighten my day, & low & behold a man drowns a kitten. The only thing that could make me sadder is if he had ass raped the kitten before hand.

Does anyone have any other sad ass stories they would like to post. How about an elderly lady is eaten alive by her son. Then lets her 15 cats pick her bones clean.

This f***ing place has become a den of hate, & sadness. That I can no longer take!

Well here locally, in KC, the just find the remains of two children that have been missing for 3 years.

You know for "Maximum Carnage", you are awfully sensitive. t:

But I know what you mean, however it's the world we live in now.

 

[StorminNorman]

I find it really hard to care.

 

[Badger]

I find it really hard to care.

Bill Fountain is that you??

 

[Jerry!]

The only good cat is a dead cat.

 

[Ghostvirus]

Well here locally, in KC, the just find the remains of two children that have been missing for 3 years.

You know for "Maximum Carnage", you are awfully sensitive. t:

But I know what you mean, however it's the world we live in now.

I am not sensitive. It just that I used to come here to get away from the dark side of reality. Now every single day there is some horrifically sad news story that is posted here.

This isn't just the world we live in now. Sh** like this has happened all the time even 20 years ago. Its just that there wasn't the internet, so the guy that drowned his neighbors cat, or the family that kept a woman in there house for a week. Would only reach local news.

Now because of the internet it is world wide. Every little town nut gets his own news article.