MIAMI (CBSMiami) — A Southwest Miami-Dade family is in disbelief after they say their adorable eight-month-old cat was shot.
“It’s horrible for our family, this is our two kids’ pet,” saID Alexis Rodriguez, owner.
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“There’s some fragments from the bullet that were left behind, but the bone basically shattered.”
Rodriguez believes his cat was shot with a pellet gun.
That pellet is still lodged inside her, as seen from x-rays taken.
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She’s now recovering at home.
Rodriguez called police about this.
‘We wanted to make sure the community knows what happens, we wanted to make a report in case we can find who did it,” added Rodriguez.
The cat will be heading back to the vet in a few days to make sure she is healing well.
