"A really terrible idea": tomcat "Goofy" tormented on Friday night - witnesses urgently wanted
Created: 05/14/2022, 08:27
By: Laura Forster
Luisa's cat Goofy fell victim to animal abusers.
The tail had to be amputated.
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Unknown people tortured a cat on Friday night in Gauting.
The animal had to have its tail amputated.
The police are looking for witnesses.
Gauting
– Thomas Förster (61) and his daughter Luisa (16) hardly recognized the cat Goofy on the evening of May 1st.
Scared, tail tucked and eyes wide open, the red tabby cat has returned from a stroll around the neighborhood.
"He wouldn't let himself be touched and withdrew immediately," recalls Förster, who lives in Gauting with his daughter and two other cats, Goofy's mother Mini and his brother Hörnchen.
Gauting: tomcat "Goofy" tormented on Friday night - vet scared during examination
The next day, while cuddling with the cat, Luisa noticed that something was wrong.
"Goofy had a bad infection on his tail," says Förster.
"It wasn't visible before because of the thick fur." They immediately took the two-year-old cat to the vet.
X-rays revealed that Goofy's vertebrae had been severed.
"His tail was ripped out," says Förster.
The vet was shocked himself.
"He's never seen anything like it, he said." The veterinarian's assumption: a previously unknown person grabbed the animal by the tail and whirled it through the air.
"A really terrible idea and just brutal violence," says the 61-year-old.
According to Förster, the vet rules out a fight with a fellow animal or another reason for the injury.
"Otherwise it wouldn't have affected him so mentally," says daughter Luisa.
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Although the vet and his team tried their best to save the cat's tail, they ended up having to amputate it during a tedious operation.
Cost: over 100 euros.
For three days, Goofy had to stay in the vet's office for a check-up.
He is now back with his owners.
"He's doing relatively well," says Förster.
However, the animal is not yet allowed to go outside – its wounds and scars have yet to heal.
"When Mini and squirrels scurry through the cat flap, I have a queasy feeling, but I can't lock them up."
Förster reported the incident to the Gauting police and filed a complaint against unknown persons.
According to inspection manager Andreas Ruch, there have been no further incidents of animal cruelty.
However, he is asking any witnesses who may provide information about the incident to contact the Gauting police on (089) 89 31 33 21.
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