http://tinyurl.com/3cs7qdTexas Birdwatcher on Trial for Killing Cat
In her opening statement, Paige L. Santell, a Galveston County assistant
district attorney, told the jury of eight women and four men that Mr.
Stevenson “shot that animal in cold blood” and that the cat died a slow
and painful death “gurgling on its own blood.”
She said that the
cat had a name, Mama Cat, and that though the cat lived under a toll
bridge, she was fed and cared for by a toll collector, John Newland. He
is expected to testify.
Whether the cat was feral is the crucial
point in this case. Mr. Stevenson was indicted under a state law that
prohibited killing a cat “belonging to another.” Prompted by this case,
the law was changed on Sept. 1 to include all cats, regardless of
ownership.
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