NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) — PETA President Ingrid Newkirk is providing a reward of as much as $5,000 for data that results in the arrest and conviction of whoever is accountable for killing a Jessamine County cat with a dart.

Melissa Lapish mentioned one among her cats, George, did not come house the night time of Thursday, March 17, after enjoying of their yard. They regarded for him over the weekend, and 4 days later, her daughter discovered his physique up towards their Applegrove Drive house. Someone had fired a dart by his neck.

“This was uncalled for. It was not okay,” Lapish mentioned. “He’s got seven kids that love him, so that was really hard for all of them.”

George’s household believes whoever killed him trespassed with the intention to it, in response to PETA.

PETA says in 2020, a cat on the adjoining Strawberry Lane died after being shot with the identical kind of searching dart. Police say they don’t have any leads in both case.

“It’s critical to find these cats’ killer for their sake, but as criminologists know, people who pick on defenseless animals usually don’t stop there,” says Newkirk, “PETA urges anyone with information to come forward and for people to keep their cats inside where it’s safe.”

If you could have any data, contact Jessamine County Animal Care & Control at (859) 881-0821.