Jake the Cat survives BB gun wound

Barbara Rochester, of Temelec, reported on Oct. 29 that her cat, Jake, had been shot in her yard at close range by a BB gun.  “I was in a state of shock,” she said, “somebody shot my cat!” She said the pellet struck Jake in the midsection and lodged near his spleen. After extensive surgery, the cat is in “good spirits” said Rochester, adding, with somewhat less cheer, that the vet’s bill was inching up into the $5,000 range. Sgt. Greg Stashyn said there were no suspects. “At this point we don’t have any leads, and until some new information comes up, it’s kind of a suspended status.”