Featured Cat Dies After Being Set On Fire In Richmond, $10k Reward For Information

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A cat was set on fire and left for dead in January and Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC) is looking for who is responsible.

At around 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 13 at the 4100 block of Richmond Highway in the city’s Southside, a cat was doused with accelerant and set on fire while inside a crate, according to RACC.

“It never gets easy, and I think every time we hear something to this magnitude, it’s heartbreaking,” RACC Director Christie Chipps Peters said. “We have been waiting for results to confirm the cause of death of the cat. And it was in fact from being burned, over 60% of his body. Second and third degree burns [are] the cause of death.”

Chipps Peters confirmed the cat belonged to someone in the area and the owners are aware of what happened.

Chipps Peters said RACC is still waiting for results on the kind of accelerant that was used. In the meantime, she hopes to garner help from the community’s to find the person who is responsible.

“I think that, you know, there was just this innate, horrible, cruel nature to some individuals. And unfortunately, you know, the animals are their victims,” Chipps Peters said. “Our goal is to try to be their voice and to find the person responsible and hold them accountable for their actions.”

‘It’s heartbreaking’: Cat dies after being set on fire in Richmond, $10K reward for information

A cat was set on fire and left for dead in January and Richmond Animal Care and Control is looking for who is responsible.

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[the cat did it]

Some people are truly evil and vile. If the person/persons who did this were on fire I wouldn't spit or piss on them to even begin to help. Let'm burn.

So far they know who the owners are, so whose crate was the cat in (need a name for this poor kitty!)? Indoor/outdoor kitty? The pic looks like it was taken inside, so maybe indoor and outdoor and if so was he known to the neighborhood or stayed close to home in his yard? How far away from his home did this happen? When was he last seen? This was not a stray "random" cat (who of course would NEVER deserve this or anything bad either), this was a cat who had a home and who was use to and trusting of humans or THE human who put him in a crate. Could be some sick POS close to home like a neighbor (hopefully no one in the cat's home, ultimate betrayal).

 

[Babs]

Some people are truly evil and vile. If the person/persons who did this were on fire I wouldn't spit or piss on them to even begin to help. Let'm burn.

So far they know who the owners are, so whose crate was the cat in (need a name for this poor kitty!)? Indoor/outdoor kitty? The pic looks like it was taken inside, so maybe indoor and outdoor and if so was he known to the neighborhood or stayed close to home in his yard? How far away from his home did this happen? When was he last seen? This was not a stray "random" cat (who of course would NEVER deserve this or anything bad either), this was a cat who had a home and who was use to and trusting of humans or THE human who put him in a crate. Could be some sick POS close to home like a neighbor (hopefully no one in the cat's home, ultimate betrayal).

"the cat did it", WELCOME to DD!

 

[the cat did it]

Thank you!!!!!