Ohio cop shoots 5 kittens dead, with kids listening, to “euthanize them”

I realize this is two abominable pet stories in one day, but a reader just sent me this story, and I’m beside myself.  This is possibly even worse than the poor turtle that got beaten to death on a Wisconsin golf course while trying to lay it eggs.  In this case, a cop claims that he had no choice to but to shoot five kittens outside a woman’s home in order to “euthanize them.”

Oh, and he did it with children nearby, listening to the carnage.

(UPDATE: The Ohio Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is calling for the police officer to be fired and brought up on charges for cruelty to animals.)

In a nutshell, a woman calls Animal Control because there are five feral kittens living outside her house.  The “Humane Officer” shows up, tells her the shelters are full and that the animals will be going to “kitty heaven.”  She understands that they need to be euthanized, so she consents.  The cop then pulls out his gun and methodically shoots all five kittens dead, in front of the woman, and with her kids right inside the house listening to the carnage.

And now that the mother of the house, and much of the Internet, is outraged that this police officer shot five innocent kittens to death right outside her door, with her children fully aware of what he was doing, the North Ridgeville Police Department have issued a statement on their Facebook page claiming that this is what all humane societies do, shoot kittens in the head: