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A cat has died and one other has been critically injured after the pets had been focused with a 9-inch arrow shot from a crossbow.

Jim Mclean’s tabby ginger cat had been lacking for 2 days previous to the assault earlier than turning up again on the home in Kingussie, within the Scottish Highlands, with the horrific damage.

The arrow proved deadly for one cat and virtually killed Nuke because the arrow went by way of his shoulder blades and between his lungs.

He solely survived as a result of it missed his coronary heart and backbone by inches within the course of.

Nuke was miraculously nonetheless capable of stroll and is at the moment being handled on the vets.

Jim, 52, advised the Daily Record he believes the assault was deliberate.

Jim and the opposite villagers are actually afraid to let their pets out in worry they may also be attacked.

He mentioned: ‘We’ve been out in search of him day-after-day.

‘He turned up yesterday in the back of the home and couldn’t recover from the fence with this cross-bow dart in him.

‘We rushed him as much as the vet and so they mentioned that they’ve by no means seen a cat capable of stroll about and nonetheless alive with a factor this dimension in him.’

Jim continued: ‘It seems to me like whoever has achieved it has pinned him right into a nook or whispered him over as a result of he is such a pleasant boy.

‘It isn’t an accident, it’s predatory.

‘Whoever has achieved it is a sick human being and I hope they get assist. Placing a cross-bow right into a pleasant defenceless animal is simply sick.

‘Nuke would go to anyone for a cuddle.’

Jim suspects the perpetrators – whether or not youngsters, youngsters or grownup, knew what they had been doing.

‘If they’ll do this to an animal, they might do it to a human’, he mentioned.

‘Everyone within the village is scared to let their animals out now.

‘Any person should know one thing about it, it’s such a small, tight-knit group.’

Police are interesting to members of the general public to search out those that are accountable.

A Police Scotland spokesman mentioned: ‘At 4pm on Friday, July 22, we obtained a report {that a} cat had been critically injured by a crossbow.

‘The cat was discovered by its proprietor within the Orchard Court docket space of Kingussie and the incident was believed to have occurred earlier this week. Inquiries are ongoing.’

A web-based fundraiser was been launched to assist Jim and his household pay for Nuke’s operation. It may be seen here.

Anyone with data on the incident is urged to contact officers on 101, quoting reference quantity 2421 of July 22, 2022.

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