Scatt at the
South Seattle Veterinarian Hospital |
Scatt's
Condition Update 4-28-09
Scatt will be going home today!
ARRAIGNMENT DATE SET!
Prosecutor didn't buy
the perp's story - "I was attacked by the cat!
It was self-defense!"
Pasado's Safe
Haven is pleased to announce that Tracy
Clark has been
charged with 1st Degree Animal Cruelty. We're
thrilled that the felony animal cruelty
law we helped pass in 1994 is being put to use.
HELP US SEEK JUSTICE FOR SCATT!
Please join us at date and location below. We'll
have banners and you are welcome to bring your
own sign, but please make sure the
language/images are respectful and appropriate
to the occasion and don't cause distraction.
Day:
Wednesday, May 6th
Time:
8:30am
Location:
King County Courthouse Seattle, WA
516 3rd Ave Seattle, WA
Room E1201 (meet outside on the east side of the
courthouse)
Case#
091039042
*check back often
these dates are subject to change!
Pasado’s Safe Haven will be tracking this case and you can too.
Click here
for the link to the criminal court docket that
will show you, step-by-step, what’s happening
with this case.
Over the last few days, Pasado’s Safe Haven’s cruelty investigator, Angel L., and Pasado’s Operations Exec, Brendan B., have been tracking
the case, and so have TV & newspaper reporters. Many have written to us and one comment, in particular, really rang true -
“This guy is
ridiculous. To say the cat attacked him is ridiculous. I thought it was ludicrous in court yesterday that he was acting like he's part victim!
Give me a break, this guy is such a loser! I hope you get some donations for Scatt's care, I put a link on our site to your site!”
If you'd like to help
DONATE HERE
(don't forget to
ask your employer to match your donation)
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It was a call that will leave us with nightmares;
but our pain is no where near what Scatt endured.
The good news? We believe he will recover.
“A cat,” the sheriff’s deputy told us, panic in his voice, “has been hurt so horribly,
I can’t even look at the wounds.”
The veteran deputy who had investigated murders, now faced an animal cruelty case of untold
horror. “Scatt”, he told us, was a therapy cat who resided at a church, just south of Seattle,
Washington. He spent the last decade helping those who were trying to turn around their lives.
In the end, one of those very people turned on him.
BROKEN RIBS – 8” KNIFE WOUND – PERFORATED LUNG –
Angel, our
cruelty investigator, speaking to
news crew |
It is a story of profound sadness, but thanks to those who
acted quickly, Scatt may survive.
Scatt” was a homeless cat who found his way to the doorstep of The Cross Church
in South Seattle. The people there named him Scatt, for when they first told him
to find his way home, he simply wouldn’t leave. And it was a good thing – he
found kindness, and a forever home in the arms of the church staff and volunteers.
Over the last ten years, he became a “therapy cat” for humans who too were homeless,
and like Scatt, down on their luck. He provided unconditional love to those who had nothing,
and would curl up in the laps of complete strangers, purring.
Today, one of the very rehabilitation clients he helped, viciously attacked Scatt,
nearly gutting him.
PERP ARRESTED!
According to The Cross Church’s
Rehabilitation Director (who was “Scatt’s boss”
during therapeutic sessions with the homeless or indigent) the perpetrator admitted to
attacking Scatt. Sheriff’s deputies quickly arrested the man and booked him on First
Degree Felony Animal Cruelty charges - punishable up to five years in jail and a $10,000 fine.
The man, they learned, had multiple outstanding warrants against him.
Pasado’s Safe Haven teams up with veterinarians
It’s great news to know that the coward who allegedly attacked this innocent being, is in a jail
cell. The courts will take care of him. But now, we need to take care of Scatt.
We need your help to support the life-saving care needed for Scatt, who is in the care of an excellent
veterinary team at a South Seattle veterinary hospital. Scatt has already endured surgery to close
the 8” “collarbone to tail” wound that was inflicted with a knife. His prognosis is “guarded”, the vets
told us, and “optimistic”. We have every paw crossed that this little guy will make it.
Will you help? Any amount would be so appreciated.
Please donate here.
No adoption – Scatt’s church “family” wants him back – they adore him!
In addition to paying for Scatt’s medical bills, we asked if he needed long-term
care at Pasado’s Safe Haven, and even an adoptive home. “No, we love him!” we were
told. His family, for the last ten years, wants him back. And although we’d love to be
able to wrap our arms around him and help him into his future, we know that the church,
and the humans there, are his family. We’re just glad we can make him whole by helping with
the medical bills. Thanks to you.
Please check pasadosafehaven.org frequently. We’ll be posting updates and photos often.
And thank you for this little being, who most likely walked up to the man who hurt him,
thinking he was his friend.
PLEASE
DONATE HERE, and keep hoping that that “optimistic” prognosis comes true.
If you experience any problems with our donation form please contact us at 360.793.9393
PLEASE DONATE HERE, and keep hoping that that “optimistic” prognosis comes true.
Newspaper coverage:
The Seattle Times and
The
Seattle PI
Television coverage:
Seattle ABC network affiliate and
Fox News
DONATE HERE
(don't forget
to ask your employer to match your donation)
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