BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The deputies accused of using a cat as target practice in Kern County earlier this year have been disciplined and are back at work, according to Sheriff Donny Youngblood.
In March, a woman confronted three men dressed in tactical gear at the Kern County Sheriff’s Office’s Hart Park shooting range in Bakersfield for allegedly shooting a cat. She told YourCentralValley.com’s sister station KGET.com that she recorded the conversation she had immediately afterwards with the deputies, asking them “what are you guys doing to the cat?”
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One man responded “it was damaging the property.”
“Damaging the property, a cat?” replied the woman. “And now, you’re not going to put it out of its misery? If you’re doing what’s legal then tell me what your names are. You should feel ashamed of yourselves!”
A man on video can be seen picking up the cat and walking away with it. The men on the video never identify themselves. The woman posted the video on social media.