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Animal Control Officer Shot Mother Cat and Her Two Kittens-Claiming Self Defense!


Animals  (tags: animal control, kittens killed, animals killed, cat killed )

Kristy
- 320 days ago - theanimaladvocateblog.blogspot.com
Lackawanna animal-control officer Frederick S. Grasso finally got his day in court Monday, testifying that he shot and killed three cats last June only after they had hissed and spat at him from the basement of a Lackawanna apartment complex.
Comments

Linda Gillenwater (108)
Wednesday February 11, 2009, 5:07 am
What a pathetic coward!
 

Pam F. (183)
Wednesday February 11, 2009, 5:23 am
But, Linda - litle kittens are SOO terrifying - that poor "man" must have been in mortal fear - after all,they were hissing and spitting, the savage brutes!
 

Joycey B. (697)
Wednesday February 11, 2009, 5:33 am
Defend himself from what? Lock him up and throw away the key. Scumbag!
 

Dusty R. (1365)
Wednesday February 11, 2009, 5:58 am
You've got to be kidding me. What an idiot! Thanks Kristy
 

Arielle S. (116)
Wednesday February 11, 2009, 6:25 am
Awww, the big tough officer afraid of the little puddy tats? What the heck is this idiot doing as an animal control officer?
 

Dusty R. (1365)
Wednesday February 11, 2009, 6:25 am
He is in court Feb. 20, 2009.



Judge Richard B. Scott
West Seneca Town Court
1250 Union Road
West Seneca, NY 14224
Phone: 716.558.3247
Fax: 716.674.0518
(Grasso's Attorney) City Attorney, Arc Petricca cityattorney@ci.lackawanna.ny.us
716.827.6479


sign the petition as well
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Lackwanna-animal-cop-kills-kittens-and-their-mother
 

Kristy W. (185)
Wednesday February 11, 2009, 8:13 am
thanks for posting that, Dusty!
 

Kathy W. (301)
Wednesday February 11, 2009, 5:54 pm
What a coward! What is he doing in a job like this in the first place?! He needs to be fired at the very least! The cats should have been humanely trapped for starters. This makes me furious. This upsets me as much now as it did when I first heard about this when it happened! Grrrrrrr.... Petition previously signed. Letter/email to be written.
Thanks Kristy.
 

Chris M. (57)
Thursday February 12, 2009, 1:35 pm
Thanks Kristy and Dusty - signed petition.
 

Joan for Peace (394)
Thursday February 12, 2009, 2:17 pm
scares me to think of how he handled other parts of his job, no excuss for this kind of thing to happen. he was suppose to be the professional, what were his job qualifications,
 

jerie j. (26)
Thursday February 12, 2009, 2:17 pm
I signed the petition. And I think this poor excuse for a man(and I use that word loosely)should be shot in the foot. That way every time he takes a step he will remember those kittens and their mom. Some poeple just should not work around animals.
 

Wanda P. (7)
Thursday February 12, 2009, 4:51 pm
This is a lie, I have been taking in cats for 10 years. I have never had a cat with kittens try to attack me, even when they are wild.
Today has been a bad day, I got an email from a website "chinaSMACK"., it ruined my day. It's my own fault, a chinese girl was trying to get people to stop eating cats, I clicked on the picture. I could not believe the cargos full of cats, being sent off to be eaten. They were piled on top of each other alive. It's hard enough knowing what goes on, but pictures are more than I can bear. I guess I am not a very strong person.
The abuse is never ending.....
 

De L. (253)
Thursday February 12, 2009, 10:19 pm
Just a rifle - what - no oozie or how about a cannon??? What a jerk who likes to abuse his power - his control over something so docile as a mother cat and her babies. Give me 5 minutes with this jerk!!! I own 4 cats at present - and the only times I've been scratched is through play or by accident. But this XXXXX shoots to kill - I can see how he would be threatened by tiny kittens and a cat - hissing is very scary!!! Again - for lack of a better word - JERK. I would give him 5 years - and add another 2 for being stupid and abusive!!!
 

Roseann D. (74)
Thursday February 12, 2009, 11:21 pm
How did he land the job in the first place? WHo was the idiot that hired him, his cuzzin' Bubba?
 

Pam F. (183)
Friday February 13, 2009, 4:59 am
Thanks, Dusty - petition signed June 23.

Only 40 more signatures required to reach the goal - PLEASE SIGN! This creep really should be made to pay!
 
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