Cat Shot With Nail Gun In Doylestown, SPCA Seeking Information

Doylestown, PA - The Bucks County SPCA is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who authorities say shot a cat with a nail gun.

The orange tiger-striped cat was found injured last weekend in Doylestown Township, according to information from the local SPCA. He has since been euthanized because the “extent of his injuries was so great,“ according to the Bucks County SPCA.

According to information from the SPCA, large, framing-style nails were found in the top of the male cat’s head, just over his right eye, in one cheek, and just over the right hip.

A township resident found the cat in an open wooden chest outside their home on Jan. 3 and called the Bucks County SPCA. The organization’s emergency response picked up the cat and took him to the Lahaska Animal Care Center, where he was stabilized and examined by a veterinarian.

“The amount of suffering this cat endured at the hands of a human is completely unacceptable, and clearly against PA anti-cruelty laws,” said Linda Reider, Executive Director of the Bucks County SPCA. “We are asking members of the public to contact us immediately with any information about this situation. With help from the community we can make sure the person or people responsible are held accountable.”

Anyone with information should contact Chief Cruelty Investigator Nikki Thompson at the Bucks County SPCA, 215-794-7425.