Kaleidoscope Eyes
March 2nd, 2009, 05:36 PM
OMAHA, Neb. – A man who tried to cool out his hyper cat by stuffing her into a boxlike homemade bong faces cruelty charges — and catcalls from animal lovers. Lancaster County sheriff's deputies responding to a domestic disturbance call Sunday alleged they saw 20-year-old Acea Schomaker smoking marijuana through a piece of garden hose attached to a duct-taped, plastic glass box in which the cat had been stuffed.
"This cat was just dazed," Sgt. Andy Stebbing said. "She was on the front seat of the cop car, wrapped in a blanket, and never moved all the way to the humane society."
Schomaker told deputies 6-month-old Shadow was hyper and he was trying to calm her down. The contraption she had been stuffed inside was 12 inches by 6 inches. Shadow was timid but in good condition Monday at the Capital Humane Society, executive director Bob Downey said.
"What the human mind doesn't invent, huh?" Downey said.
Schomaker, who was released from jail after paying a $400 fine on the arrest warrant, faces drug and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. He did not immediately respond to phone messages left Monday seeking comment.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090302/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bong_cat_5
Poor kitty. I know it wasn't harmed, just stoned. I still can't imagine doing that do the thing. Who knows how much it can handle before the poor thing starts asphyxiating in there? A garden hose isn't much of a breathing hole, this could have easily ended up harming the cat given the right amount of time in its own personal hotbox. I hate it when people intentionally do that kind of thing to their animals. It doesn't have the capacity to say no, like you or I could, which I feel is what makes it so wrong. :(
"This cat was just dazed," Sgt. Andy Stebbing said. "She was on the front seat of the cop car, wrapped in a blanket, and never moved all the way to the humane society."
Schomaker told deputies 6-month-old Shadow was hyper and he was trying to calm her down. The contraption she had been stuffed inside was 12 inches by 6 inches. Shadow was timid but in good condition Monday at the Capital Humane Society, executive director Bob Downey said.
"What the human mind doesn't invent, huh?" Downey said.
Schomaker, who was released from jail after paying a $400 fine on the arrest warrant, faces drug and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. He did not immediately respond to phone messages left Monday seeking comment.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090302/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bong_cat_5
Poor kitty. I know it wasn't harmed, just stoned. I still can't imagine doing that do the thing. Who knows how much it can handle before the poor thing starts asphyxiating in there? A garden hose isn't much of a breathing hole, this could have easily ended up harming the cat given the right amount of time in its own personal hotbox. I hate it when people intentionally do that kind of thing to their animals. It doesn't have the capacity to say no, like you or I could, which I feel is what makes it so wrong. :(