A researcher at the National Zoo's Migratory Bird Center has been charged with attempted animal cruelty.
Authorities say they suspect Nico Dauphine, a Ph.D. who specializes in bird conservation, was poisoning feral cats in her Columbia Heights neigborhood.
Residents living near Malcolm X Park have long seen a feral cat population in the neighborhood, some even setting out food for the animals.
But some neighbors believed that someone was trying to harm the cats, and they alerted neighborhood animal advocates to the problem. After a humane society officer stakeout, advocates said the observed someone spiking food left out for the felines with antifreeze and rat poison.
With these accounts, and after reviewing surveillance video, police had enough evidence to charge Dauphine with attempted animal cruelty.
4 comments:
I hope someone poisons him!
Anyone who lets their cat roam the neighborhood should be charged as well
Cat aren't cute when they spray all over your stuff and make your house smell like cat urine. Don't even bother having a herb or vegetable garden.
they were feral. if a wild animal roams into anyones yard, it should be put down. and dont give me that crap that one couldve been someones pet. pets should stay indoors.
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