Cat Saved After Being Superglued To Highway

[Are_grits_groceries]

Motorists passing by the stricken cat, named Timothy, did not bother to stop, thinking it had been injured.

But one couple driving along the busy road in Minnesota decided to investigate and pulled over.

It was only then they realised its paws had been cruelly glued to the tarmac.

Rosey Quinn, from Second Chance Rescue, told KSFY.com: "It's a mouth dropper because you are just like are you kidding me? But they did it."

She added rhe rescue service had never seen anything like it before.

Timothy is now recovering from injuries he suffered when he was removed from the road.

Although rescuers took every precaution, his paw pads and claws were torn off.

Timothy is now being looked after by a foster family and may eventually be put up for adoption.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Timothy-The-Cat-Survives-With-All-Nine-Lives-After-Being-Superglued-To-An-American-Highway/Article/200912315505598?

And I would like to use a LOT of superglue on whoever did this. People are evil!

[marmar]

1. There are some really twisted people in this world.....

nt

[RevCheesehead]

2. Oh my God!

I'll take him! :cry:

and God, please watch over my C.C., who is still missing. Protect him from sick fucks who do shit like this. :cry:

[silverweb]

40. I'm so sorry about C.C. and hope he returns.

[RevCheesehead]

64. Thank you so much for that.

This post just hit me very, very hard... I miss him so much, and worry about what's happened to him. :(

I really appreciate your response. :hug:

[silverweb]

66. I know how hard it is, having been there.

How long has he been gone? How old is he?

[RevCheesehead]

75. He's been gone since July, and just turned 4.

He was a rescue kitty, and is capable of caring for himself outdoors (and thankfully still has his claws).
I moved in July, and while friends were helping me pack, he escaped out the door. I moved 3 hours away, and have been back looking for him every week through Thanksgiving. The weather has prevented me from returning.
I've done the usual, photo in the paper, flyers in the markets, etc., and have had a few calls, but there are a lot of orange cats on the loose.
Here's his adoption photo (his little brother Keith is the grey cat in the back). If you are so inclined, please say a prayer for his safety from the cruelty of this world.

[katkat]

77. Have you called and visited the local animal shelters?

I've always heard it is much better to visit and look at the cats they have found in person, phone contact is not good enough, descriptions vary etc. That was certainly my experience with the local shelter here, when I found a cat, the shelter via the phone had no clue about anyone looking for it but when I came in and went through their books, there the owners' note was.

[RevCheesehead]

79. He has a clipped right ear.

Part of the TNR (trap-neuter-release) program includes ear-tipping, so they don't try to recapture him in the wild. They would presume he was a feral cat, and leave him alone. Of course, that would be in the Green Bay area (I lived 30 miles from Green Bay). That tipped ear has turned out to be a blessing, in trying to identify him.

When CC was found, they did the TN, but as he was recovering, they discovered how personable he was and put him up for adoption instead. He met and adopted his little brother Keith in the foster home, and I adopted them both. (Keith's name was 9 Lives - I decided to name him after Mr. Olbermann instead - and he likes it. :) )

The first question I ask those who call is "how many ears does he have?" :)

You can sort of see his right ear here:

[silverweb]

84. What a sweet little face!

Since you moved, hopefully he just moved in with someone else.

I had a rescue cat once, formerly semi-feral, that moved in with a neighbor. She had been content enough with me until she met him, and apparently just liked him better. When he moved, she went with him. I wasn't about to argue the point, since she was a very independent-minded feline -- as they all are.

I will definitely offer a prayer that C.C. is safe and happy somewhere -- and that someone lets you know. :hug:

[dana_b]

3. how sickening

there is a special place in hell, as the saying goes. Glad that there are cool people like that couple though.

[Brickbat]

4. "It's a mouth dropper because you are just like are you kidding me?"

AAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH.

[Ignis]

36. Y du U h8 Nglsh?

:banghead:

[BreweryYardRat]

43. That reads like someone who's too appalled to speak clearly.

Would you be coherent in that situation?

[Brickbat]

51. Yep.

I would.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

85. Nice to see you keep your priorities on what to be upset about. -nt

[Brickbat]

92. Who says I'm not annoyed about the cat?

I just like to spread it around. Someone who can't speak coherently shouldn't act as a spokeswoman.

[Chulanowa]

5. What the fuck kind of mind thinks up something like that?!

I mean for fuck's sake, someone had to've sat down and PLANNED this!

My mind can't wrap around that.

[joeybee12]

6. Sick, sick bastards!

Keep whoever did this away from me...I can't be held responsible for what i would do to them!

[Kansas Wyatt]

7. Sorry, but some people just need to have the living shit beat out of them.

Just maybe they would have a little better understanding and appreciation of things around them.

[Chulanowa]

8. Violence is never the answer

But sometimes it's a pretty darned good solution.

[Cetacea]

10. +1.

Maybe evil really does exist.

[derby378]

9. Timothy looks sorta like a cat that my wife and I rescued last year

I cannot fathom the cruelty of people who do such unspeakable things to animals who just need to be loved and cared for.

And our Banjo was rescued just before a cold snap blew through our city that would have killed her for sure.

At first, we only meant to keep her until we could find a forever home for her. But Banjo adopted us and made us her family, and we are so thankful that she loves us.

[alsame]

11. Kick for the wonderful couple who pulled over to save him nt

[TwilightGardener]

12. Just awful. I wish really bad things to befall on whatever sickos did this.

[we can do it]

13. I Hope the Rotten Bastard Gets What He Deserves

:cry:

[Blue Owl]

14. Better hope I don't meet the sick fucks who did this

Blue Owl does not take kindly to abuse and malice towards animals (especially cats & dogs).

Pure evil.

[immoderate]

15. Most disturbing story I have read today.

:mad: :cry:

--imm

[apocalypsehow]

16. Absolutely disgusting - I hope they catch the bastards who did this.

Get well soon, kitty kat. Sorry you had to run into some evil, worthless human beings.

[left coaster]

17. Thank Dog for the kind couple who stopped..

..and to the monster who did this to that cat.. your actions have put you dead center on the track.. let's hope that karma train will be coming down the line before too long..

[graywarrior]

18. Reading that make me physically ill.

[ThomCat]

70. Me too. I hope the person or people who did this

are haunted by it for the rest of their lives.

I hope they are never able forget this, or anything comparably evil that they have done. I hope it nags at them in their dreams, and in their private moments. I hope they reach a point where they feel tormented by the things they have done.

:grr:

[bdamomma]

94. me too.

and when I look into my cat's eyes I will say who would do something so horrible to these innocent creatures.

[Ikonoklast]

19. Words fail me.

There are things walking this planet that look like humans, but are actually nothing but gallons of warm shit wearing a human suit.

Only God would have mercy on the thing that did this to a helpless animal.


And I am not God.

[City Lights]

20. Sick fucker(s).

:nuke:

I can't type what I'd like to do to the sack(s) of shit that did this.

:nuke:

On edit: A huge :hug: to the couple who stopped and helped him. :yourock: :loveya:

[kdmorris]

21. OMG... why?

Try as I may, I cannot put myself into the mind of someone who would do this to a helpless animal. What the hell can you possibly get out of watching something suffer like that. Guess that's why I'm not diagnosed as a sociopath...

Good thing no one hit the poor thing before someone came to it's rescue, but I imagine that was quite hellish for Timothy before they did.

God, I just want to throw up.

[goldcanyonaz]

22. I would like whoever did this to be superglued to the highway.

Or at least carry a sign reading "I'm a fucking lowlife scumbag and future serial killer"

[LiberalFighter]

29. Wouldn't it be grand if the one(s) responsible are caught by citizens

And they took it in their own hands to super glue them naked to the road. Front side down with the appropriate points making contact.

[goldcanyonaz]

32. An unpopular opinion around here but wonderful nevertheless.

I say GLUE EM DOWN!

[Ignis]

37. No ... only _parts_ of them.

Ugh. It's hard to be sympathetic to whatever fucked-up life The Cat Gluer had.

[kiva]

23. Proof of the worst and the best in people.

So glad that there are wonderful people like the couple who stopped, and the rescue people.

[kenfrequed]

24. Very ill.

I am not a big cat fan but even I am left disgusted by this kind of behavoir. Someone out there is sick.

[tblue]

25. (Cringing!) Oh my gosh!!!! I hate animal cruelty!

I hope they get that mofo and lock him/her/them up for a long time. This is so gruesome! Ach! What a nightmare. I'm so glad the poor kitty survived!

[LiberalFighter]

26. I hope the boys responsible are caught and appropriately punished.

They are bound to brag about doing it and get caught.

[lapislzi]

82. Interesting that you would automatically assume they are boys

(no, I'm not looking to start something; just making an observation)

Statistically speaking, you're probably right, but males don't own the patent on sick fuckery.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

87. And neither do young people.

For all we know, it could have been a 50 year old Bulgarian albino dwarf.

[LiberalFighter]

97. I based it on what was done and determined most likely boys.

Girls can be nasty too but not as likely to mistreat animals.

[dave29]

27. Beyond Despicable

murderous and just plain awful.

I am so glad the cat was rescued

[Pavulon]

28. I truly hate people who hurt kids and animals

I was really hoping that punk who was killing people's cats and cutting them up in south florida got lit up by some homeowner with a pump shot gun. A good old horse whipping comes to mind here.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

30. There is a solvent for cyanoacrylate based super glues. Works pretty well

Its available from most hobby shops, nothing particularly special about it. Acetone will do in a pinch

[truth2power]

53. That's what I thought...

It's too bad someone couldn't have stayed with the cat while another ran for the solvent. Could have saved his paw pads.

But maybe it was just a dangerous situation, I don't know.

Anyway, I'll volunteer to beat the shit out of whoever did this. :mad:

[ProgressiveProfessor]

58. Sort of surprised the rescue unit did not have some aboard. Super glue accidents are fairly common.

[alphafemale]

62. Yeah. Had to break out the Nail Polish Remover a couple times as a mom.

This trivial knowledge comes in handy as a mom.

[toadzilla]

100. my mom was always gluing herself to things!

I was always breaking my dollhouse furniture as a kid. Every time resulted in a super glue incident.

[alphafemale]

104. I'll never forget the look on my son's face.

He was about 8 or so and after being told repeatedly it was not something he should mess with...he messed with.

The look on his face about 3 seconds after he defiantly squeezed the tube in his fist is a picture I took with my heart.

:rofl:

[Odin2005]

31. Wow, some people are just sick, evil fucks.

Glad that the kitty is OK.

[Stinky The Clown]

33. Sick Fucks.

[WVRICK13]

34. Holy Shit

I like animals more and more and people less and less. Sick fucks anyway.

[blondeatlast]

35. I'd be okay with a response in kind for the scum that did this. And blessings to Timothy's rescuers.

[zbdent]

38. well, as I recall, abuse of animals is a good indicator of whether or not

a person will go on to abuse bigger things ...

I mean, one of the stories about Jeffrey Dahmer was that he loved torturing and cutting up small animals in his back yard ...

and don't forget, George W. Bush loved sticking firecrackers in frogs ...

[Lorien]

95. It's a very good indicator. My dad was a psychologist for a State prison

he said that most violent people-especially serial killers and rapists- all have a history of animal abuse. That's the reason why so many law enforcement agencies now take animal abuse cases very, very seriously.

[RKP5637]

39. I think it's getting sicker each day. A growling number of humans are damn weird, evil and sick IMO...

[Cetacea]

48. +1000 nt

[Shallah Kali]

98. Dr. Robert Hare estimates 1 in 100 people in North America are psychopaths

stories like these always bring that statistic to mind. Humans have always had people like these. Heaven help us.

[amborin]

41. horrifying that some though it was injured & wouldn't stop! so glad it was rescued!

[jimlup]

42. I'm happy they found him

really really sick humor that deserves to be punished.

[safeinOhio]

44. If there is a fund to raise money as a reward

for the capture and conviction, I'd gladly donate. I'm sure for enough money some one would turn em in.

[GreenPartyVoter]

45. Oh dear God!

[BreweryYardRat]

46. Jesus.

That is truly sick and evil.

Find the bastards responsible and impale them.

[ThatsMyBarack]

47. I'm glad the kitteh is okay!

What a gorgeous boy! :loveya:

[jonnyblitz]

49. I wish i hadn't read this story. nt

[tmyers09]

50. What goes on in someone's head to make them do something like this?

I can't even comprehend it. I hope that they find whoever did this and lock them up for a long time. Here's to a quick recovery for Timothy (that's my name too! proud to share a name with that brave kitty.) and a loving home.

[KamaAina]

52. I grew up with an orange tabby named Sean Timothy

one of the best cats ever.

[Blasphemer]

54. I HATE reading these kinds of stories.. It's just too sickening to think of the kind of people who..

do such things or the kinds of children raised to believe such actions are funny.

[Fire1]

55. I wish I could find the pos that did that and glue his ass to the

tarmac.

[katkat]

78. I would glue another portion of his or her anatomy n/t

[CBR]

56. Poor kitty. Sick sick people. nt

[racaulk]

57. That is just so fucking awful, I don't have the words.

I hope the cretins that did this are caught and punished fully.

Best wishes for Timothy.

:(

[emilyg]

59. Disgusting person. I'd lik to put

super-glue on them and leave them on a train track.

[Uncle Joe]

60. There are some evil, sick people out there, I hope someone can rescue them as well.

:-(

Thanks for the thread, grits.

[Canuckistanian]

61. Why is this happening?

Every week, we hear tales of unimaginable cruelty. Is it that we're just hearing more about everyday atrocities?

Or is it really happening more often?

[applegrove]

63. The cat I adopted when he was an adult was found on the side of a highway.

He was okay though. Missing a fang.

[Withywindle]

65. I'm glad it said in the headline that the cat was saved

otherwise I couldn't have stood to click on this thread at all. May Bast bless the couple who saved him with all Her blessings, and curse the scum who did it with all Her ferocity.

I'd like to superglue that POS to the chassis of a Greyhound bus and drive him cross-country. In the winter. By a northern route.

edit: My dear departed Marlowe was also a beige tabby.

[Qanisqineq]

67. I wonder if this is the rescue place taking care of him

http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MN09.html

If so, I'd like to make a donation.

This is the homepage: http://www.secondchancerescue.org/sc_adoption_information.aspx

[Crabby Appleton]

71. Wrong place - he was taken to the Sioux Falls SD Second Chance

http://www.secondchancesiouxfalls.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=40

below added on edit

The couple brought the cat, now named Timothy, to Second Chance Animal Rescue in Sioux Falls where they started to treat him. The staff at Second Chance has been taking care of Timothy, and carefully removing the glue from his paws, legs, and tail. This morning they removed the last of the glue from his nose.


Timothy is doing well, and the staff at Second Chance plan to find a good home for him when he is done healing.

http://www.examiner.com/x-2980-Minneapolis-Animal-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d21-Cat-glued-to-Interstate-in-Minnesota

[Withywindle]

68. I wonder where all the Michael Vick defenders are on this thread.

I guess animal torture for kicks is only defensible if it's a rich celebrity jock doing it.

[MissB]

69. Every orange kitty I've known has been super sweet.

Poor Timothy looks traumatized; hope he is nurtured back to health and spends his days in lazy-cat-leisure. Bastard that did this is a freak who needs some serious help, which I hope he/she gets before another animal or a person is injured.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

72. how do people even think about doing these things

what a sick motherfucker.

[ima_sinnic]

73. omg, I'm in tears

I absolutely despise this fucking mass of useless carbon called "humanity." I used to make a joke--I love humanity, it's the people I despise--but the sooner climate change and catastrophic war, starvation, and turmoil wipe them off the face of the planet, the happier I'd be (were I around to see the last of the sick twisted perversions of nature die off). Really, what does the world need "people" for?

[Mari333]

74. I am not enlightened. Whomever did this needs to have the same thing done to them

eye for an eye and all
I feel like that about all small innocent creatures abused by the human animal.

glad that kitty is being loved now, hope they capture the monsters who did this

[blondeatlast]

83. Yeah, I'd like to think I'm above that, but I'm not even close. I'd even pay to watch it--

which really shocks me to admit.

Of course, I would need to know that in the end, no real physical harm would come to those sick, disgusting, creatures (the "humans" who did this).

[WI_DEM]

76. What kind of evil, twisted pricks are out there?

[katkat]

80. microchipping

This is perhaps a good place to put in a plug for microchipping your pets. Many shelters and vets offices now have the scanners that detect these, and you can update your address when you move in the database.

It is a very simple office procedure, just like getting an injection, and the microchip is really tiny, smaller than a piece of rice.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

89. I thought this was about chipping away microscopic pieces of the perpetrators

Until there's only pink goo.

[mike_c]

81. holy SHIT!

I'm speechless. That degree of creativity, in order to maim and kill, is utterly psychotic.

[area51]

86. The cruelty in this country never ceases to amaze me.

Is it just the U.S., or does this happen (child abuse, elder abuse, animal abuse) this often in first-world countries?

[mitchum]

88. Good for Timothy and to hell with the sick motherfucker who did that to him

[LeftishBrit]

90. Glad the cat was saved!

but what a horrible warped thing for anyone to do! Whoever did it, should be in jail.

I wish Timothy a much happier future, with lots of purrs in his life.

[Echo In Light]

91. K&R for kitty...and here's hoping Karma's one mean pecker to the perp(s)

[bdamomma]

93. oh some people have no respect for any kind of life

they should use super glue to those who did that, terrible.

[Hepburn]

96. FUCKING ASSHOLE PIECE OF SHIT....

...:grr:

[liberal N proud]

99. I don't care for cats but that is sick

And the perps should be glued to the middle of the freeway as punishment.

[Stand and Fight]

101. I'd love to catch the rat fucks who did this and give them the same treatment. n/t

[felinetta]

102. All I can say to this despicable person(s) is say hi to beezelbub when he goes to hell.

[meow2u3]

103. Who's the psycho bastard that would superglue a cat to a highway?

If I could get off scot-free, I'd superglue his (or her) ass to the highway and put a sign telling motorists, "Go ahead, hit me!"

[BlueJazz]

105. Fuck!...Just when I start to feel that the Human Race is worth saving.

Yeah...Yeah...I know...it is worth saving...sigh...