WEST DEPTFORD, N.J. (CBS) — Law enforcement in Gloucester County are investigating a disturbing scenario of animal cruelty. Authorities say a male threw a cat on the concrete several instances for no clear motive.
West Deptford law enforcement say the male who did it was captured on camera and is now at the rear of bars. The cat, incredibly, survived.
Taylor Olive captured the attack on digicam and she says she’s nonetheless shaken by the incident. She states she couldn’t look at the video and despatched it right to the law enforcement.
“I cry about it each individual working day,” Olive said. “It really is awful.”
Olive is haunted by the violent and disturbing attack that happened exterior her entrance door at the Forest Creek Apartment Sophisticated in West Deptford.
“I could not even look at it absolutely,” Olive said. “I really only read it.”
Olive arrived residence Sunday night time to uncover droplets of blood in close proximity to her condominium, so she suggests she checked her doorbell digicam and then right away identified as the police.
The movie obtained by CBS Philadelphia shows a male walking into the frame and approaching a cat on the ground.
The relaxation is as well graphic to clearly show.
West Deptford police say 51-yr-outdated Christopher Pozzi violently slammed the cat to the ground at least three times for no clear reason.
Police say Pozzi then walked away and came back a short time later on to toss the cat in a close by dumpster.
“She’s certainly brighter than she was when she to start with arrived in,” Dr. Josh Erde claimed.
Inside the Pitman Animal Medical center, Eileen the cat is now recovering after x-rays present her jaw was broken in two spots.
“It truly is broken and then shifted ahead,” Erde explained.
But Eileen is exhibiting signs of development.
Erde says she started ingesting on her own a little bit, but she now requires operation.
“For her to appear absent with the damaged jaw and that’s very significantly it,” Erde mentioned. “I imagine she was definitely lucky.”
Law enforcement arrested Pozzi the following day. He is now going through animal cruelty fees.
“I am glad that it transpired in front of my doorway simply because I’m one particular of the only ones with a digicam,” Olive explained, “so if it happened in front of any person else’s door, we would not have caught him.”
In accordance to the Section of Corrections, Pozzi has a history of violent actions. He used practically 20 decades in jail in Florida immediately after pleading guilty to 2nd-degree murder and he has a number of previous rates in New Jersey.
As for Eileen, she is scheduled for medical procedures Friday. Medical practitioners are hopeful she will make a entire recovery.
