Distraught pet owner finds kitten 'pouring with blood' after being shot

A 10-month-old kitten came home 'pouring with blood' after being shot at, her distraught owner has said.

Kayleigh Macmillan, 36, said her kitten Jason had to have an operation after coming home injured on Saturday.

Police say the tiny kitten was shot with a type of pellet gun, the Liverpool Echo reports.

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Kayleigh, from Runcorn, said she rushed her beloved pet to the vets and an X-ray confirmed a pellet had ripped into her back.

It was lodged so deep inside Jason's torso that the surgical site was several centimetres from the entry wound.

Jason, who was named before her owner found out her sex, survived the operation and is now recovering at home.

The pellet entered near the shoulder and travelled down the kitten's back. The entry wound and surgical sites have been marked by the kitten's owner. (Liverpool Echo)

Kayleigh reported the attack to the police and hopes that it will stop the same thing from happening to another pet.

She told the Liverpool Echo: “She came running in with the blood pouring from the back door area.

“Our back fence is joined onto the houses at the back, we’ve got neighbours all the way round.

“No-one heard anything or saw anything.

“The police have been in contact with me and they’re going to pop out to speak to me tomorrow.”

Kayleigh continued “When we brought her in, she was panting, she was quite stressed.

“So we thought she might have been shot and we’d have to shave her hair off so we could see.“(Vets) shaved her hair off, they did an X-ray and said ‘she’s been shot, we might need to operate’.”

Jason is now being doted on, including by the family pet dog Indie, who Kayleigh says has been cleaning her wounds.

"She's doing really well, she seems back to her normal playful self," Kayleigh said.

"She can't go out at the minute.

"She was shot in the shoulder and it travelled quite far - they had to open it up quite far down to remove the pellet."

A spokesperson for Cheshire Police said: “It is believed that the cat had been shot with a type of pellet gun.

“The incident is believed to have occurred at around 12.50pm on Saturday, September 25."

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Cheshire Police on 101 quoting IML 1094105 or report it online here.