Worker at the shelter I volunteer kills 2 cats

[Karen]

How awful, and sad for both the shelter and the animals, and the whole community. You'll be in our prayers.

[Kalei]

I just can't believe this! Man is absolutely disgusting! Stories like this make me cry everytime, I just imagine how much pain those cats went through, and how confused they must have been. And the part that makes me sadder than anything, is how these poor animals had trust in him and were probably so confused and hurt when he started to hurt them

My mom tells me I shouldn't look at these threads because they affect me so badly, I am so sensitive to these stories, but I just can't help reading them and I don't know why.

That guy to me should have been charged with 1st degree animal murder and should be denied bail.

[Catty1]

How sad!!!! I wonder if they knew the previous charges against him.

If they involved ANY kind of violence, he should never have been hired!

Poor, poor kitties...rest in peace, and I pray justice is fully served for you!

[Kalei]

How sad!!!! I wonder if they knew the previous charges against him.

If they involved ANY kind of violence, he should never have been hired!

Poor, poor kitties...rest in peace, and I pray justice is fully served for you!

I agree, any place that is there to heal and protect animals should do a criminal check on any employee or volunteer before they are hired on.

[Alysser]

I am sure they did a criminal check, this shelter is AMAZING - I doubt they would hire someone they felt they couldn't trust. The blame shouldn't be on them, I mean he went psycho, from what I've read. There's not explaination as to why he did it. This guy never appeared to be like that..like I would've never thought this would happen.

It's scary that I have seen him around before, it's weird to think I've walked by this guy before and never knew..

[Kalei]

I am sure they did a criminal check, this shelter is AMAZING - I doubt they would hire someone they felt they couldn't trust. The blame shouldn't be on them, I mean he went psycho, from what I've read. There's not explaination as to why he did it. This guy never appeared to be like that..like I would've never thought this would happen.

It's scary that I have seen him around before, it's weird to think I've walked by this guy before and never knew..

It sounds like he had a psycho break down then and took it out on the poor cats

[king2005]

Something similar happened at teh animal shelter I helped at while in high school. I knew the murderer too & was friends with him, i thought he was a GOOD man... nope, he was a cat murderer... Instead of beating the cats to death, he put them to sleep, but in MASS numbers I remember all 3 rooms were FILLED with cats, including the semi outdoor pen. Then I come back the following weekend & there are only a handful of cats left & all were new (not including the working shelter cats that kept the mice at bay in the food room).

Due to the fact he wasn't breaking any laws nothing happened to him for a long time, so there were most likely hundreds of cats killed. However it was a no kill OSPCA shelter so after a lot of complaints by staff (he was the manager/owner person) the OSPCA arrived & cleared him out. I have no idea what happened after that, but I know he wasn't charged with anything as he didn't break any canadian laws

[caseysmom]

Its like a pedophile getting a job with children, like he wanted to be around animals so he could do this, I hope he hasn't done more that nobody knows about...how sad...rip little kitties.