Cat Moo Moo survives crossbow to the head in New Zealand
A CAT in New Zealand is lucky to be alive after being shot in the head with a crossbow.
A CAT in New Zealand is lucky to be alive after being shot in the head with a crossbow.
Owner Donna Ferrari saw her four-year-old cat, Moo Moo, from Wainuiomata, hiding in the bushes with an arrow through his head.
She took Moo Moo to the Wainuiomata Veterinary Clinic.
"They said they've never seen anything like it and called (the Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital)," Ms Ferrari said.
Moo Moo was operated on late Monday while Ms Ferrari went to look after her three-year-old daughter.
"They rang when we were driving back to say they had removed the bolt," she said. "I'm sick to my stomach. Hopefully the person responsible is caught or feels so much hatred from the community that they never do anything like it again."
Vet surgeon Dr Jonathan Bray said Moo Moo is extraordinarily lucky.
"The bolt went in just above the eye but was a glancing blow across the cranium so didn’t actually impact on brain tissue at all," he said. "It was really just a matter of opening up the track so we could clean up the contamination so it would heal up okay.
"There was a little bit of injury to his nose and eye socket, but he’s an extraordinarily lucky cat. The velocity of the bolt hitting him would have been quite frightening, so he’s very brave," he said. "He’s very well this morning – bright and happy, the wound is doing fine and he’s got nothing that is going to cause him any long-term harm."