Mummy Cat was shot in the abdomen and in the eye with an airgun (Picture: SWNS)

A pensioner has been left devastated after his 25-year-old cat was shot dead by ‘evil’ teenagers with air rifles.

Brian Parker, 67, said the cat was on course to break the record for the world’s oldest cat before it was killed, on May 26.

The granddad said his son had approached a group of teenagers earlier that day who claimed to be out shooting rabbits with their air rifles.

Soon after, the family found the pet, named Mummy Cat, with a pellet shot wound to the eye and abdomen.


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Brian, from Hindlip in Worcestershire, rushed the cat to the vets, but he was told the pellet was sitting too close to its brain and had to be put down.



He said: ‘It is disgusting. She was very friendly, she always wanted attention.

‘It’s an awful thing to happen to a cat who would just stretch out in the conservatory or sit outside watching the world go by.’

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Brian Parker said he is ‘appalled’ by the actions of the teens (Picture: SWNS)

Brian’s daughter Laura Webb said Mummy Cat was so friendly it probably went to greet its attacker.

She said: ‘The family and all who knew her are heartbroken, not only by the loss, but by the fact that it occurred as a result of an unnecessary evil attack.’

This senseless act comes just days after Cats Protection revealed 44 per cent of vets have said they’ve treated cats with air gun wounds in the last year.

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Shooting targets were found near Brian’s home (Picture: SWNS)

A spokesman for West Mercia Police said no arrests have been made at this time.

He added: ‘West Mercia Police does not tolerate animal cruelty.’