Wal-Mart Employees Charged With Shooting Cat On Manager's Orders
POSTED: 7:26 am EST December 30, 2004
UPDATED: 2:48 pm EST December 30, 2004
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Two Wal-Mart employees have been charged with felony animal cruelty after police said they followed a manager's orders to shoot and kill a stray cat.
The men, both assistant managers at the Supercenter, were arrested and released after a court appearance Wednesday. Christopher Anderson, 29, and Jeffrey Hardin, 21, told police the store's manager ordered them to get rid of the animal that was living in a storage trailer behind their store.
Anderson and Hardin repeatedly shot the cat with a pellet gun from the store until it died the following day, a Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Department report said.
All managers potentially involved in the incident have been suspended without pay pending an internal investigation and could be fired, said Wal-Mart spokeswoman Sharon Weber.
"We were outraged when we learned of this incident. This kind of action is completely inconsistent with the way we do business," she said.
A truck driver who reported the incident said he saw store employees placing what he believed to be a dead animal in shrink wrap a day after he heard workers joking about shooting the cat.
Store manager Darrel Weitzel told police he had told some of his employees to get a gun and get rid of the cat after attempts to coax it from the trailer failed, according to a police report.
Anderson and Hardin were scheduled for a hearing next Tuesday.
We don't know if it is true or not but Mike plans to go talk to the Big manager one day this week and see if that is so.
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12/02
When I saw and heard this poor cat, I raced back and got the trap (left food for other) and tried till I had to get to the train station. Dragged Leslie back with me to keep trying for 'elevator butt' and after much coaxing he finally came dashing over to me from the fenced in area! 
What a gorgeous love-bug too! All white with a blue eye, and a gold eye. Starved for love, and food. Poor boy has an abcess on his tail though arghhh. Lots of Siamese in this young boy, and I can't believe anyone would throw him in this scummy area. 
) is to roll the opening back into a cuff (like on pants) and then work it over the cats head & body slowly. Once the head's covered, then you can carefully push the cat's body into the bag. Once you know the cat's inside, then take your hand, and close off the opening, cinch the cord, and wrap it around the bag top a few times and loosly knot it for added safety. Put into trap or carrier to be extra safe. Tell the vet to leave the cat inside the bag until sedated. It's very easy to find their hip while they're in the bag. Works like a charm for some fiesty one's I've dealt with. 
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