On March 11th 2020 the day everything got shutdown, I shot and killed a stray cat that I caught in my box trap with my AR pistol that came onto my property.
Mind you I live out in the rural boonies.
There was a fat woman flagger working for the electric company probably Âź mile down the road. I donât even know how she even saw me. She made the report I later found out.
I shot the cat in the box trap and then I emptied it right there so I could clean the trap and then bury it later. There is but one animal shelter in my county and they were not going to take the cat especially that day with everything that was going on.
I have other farm animals on my property.
I also have animal magnetism which is pretty cool and annoying at the same time. Animals just flock to me for no reason no matter where I am at.
This was the day the market closed and everyone was freaking out over COVID.
I didnât know if this unknown stray cat was going to pass COVID to me or my animals.
Iâve never seen it before. So I shot and killed it. Thought to just bury it later.
Probably over an hour later, a Sheriff deputy pulled in. I greeted him. He told me the electrical workers Âź mile down the road watched me walk out of my house with my AR and heard and watched me shoot the cat. I said yeah, I shot this unknown mangy stray cat and I showed it to him. Of course I killed it. He asked me what I shot it with. I said I shot it with my AR pistol, and itâs inside laying on my kitchen table.
The deputies backup shows up. Right when he shows up they put me in cuffs. I was absolutely flabbergasted. I did nothing wrong. Doing what I did is common place on a farm.
I had a belgian malinois K9 dog at the time that I was training. I trained K9 working dogs for the police and search and rescue and bomb detection for a couple years.
The dog was inside the house. The cop wanted the gun on the table.
The cop had his sidearm at the ready and used me as a human shield while I was in cuffs to go into my house to retrieve the weapon because they were scared of the K9 I was training.
I was arrested and booked in the county JAIL.
I was charged with ANIMAL ABUSE. Which is a level Misdemeanor 1.
Ohio Revised Code § 959.13 â Cruelty to Animals.
Some fat city woman obviously NOT from my area. NOT from my community. Got her feelings hurt.
The cop told me he had to charge me and arrest me because of âOPTICSâ. I am getting angry again thinking about all of this again oh boy. đ
Long story short: make sure no one is watching when you defend your property.
And donât talk to cops like I did. This was my mistake. I thought I did nothing wrong so I was honest. Big mistake.n
Not just a pit. But a pit they let wonder around off a chains
I shoot every stray that comes on my property unless itâs like a lab, golden retriever, etc