Cat-killing sheriff’s deputies back on the job in Kern County
LA TimesKern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood, shown in his Bakersfield office, told local media that deputies had been “appropriately disciplined” for killing a cat. Now, they’re back on the job, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Sunday. Youngblood also told KGET that he had “met with animal rights groups; they’re content with what we’re doing.” “That’s very interesting,” said Barbara Hays, who runs the Cat People. “He told me, ‘I am as horrified as you are.’” Although she said that she understood that the Sheriff’s Department is dealing with bigger issues, and that the deputies who used a cat for target practice aren’t representative of the department as a whole, she remains troubled by the shooters: “If they treat a little animal with such disrespect, what in the world are they doing with people?”
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