An unleashed dog killed two cats in Harrisburg this week.Videos related to the incidents have been turned over to the police department in the hopes that police can identify the dog and its owner.Although both cats were living on the street, they were part of a castaway critters program.”Someone left an off-leash pit bull just maul them to death,” said Jessica Walton, the operations manager at the animal rescue.Winston and Gloria slept in a bed on Market Street. Walton said that’s where Winston was chased to his death, and Gloria was killed two days later.”She was sleeping. Knocked off the porch and killed her in her sleep,” resident Brenda Parker said.News 8 obtained video of both incidents.In the first video recorded around 4 a.m. Monday, a dog is seen running after Winston. A man can also be seen and heard, but it’s unclear what he says.In the second video, it appears the same man is walking by around midnight Wednesday when a woman could be heard screaming. That’s when he asked if the cat in front of her was hers.Parker said the screams of her friend woke her, and she saw the remains of Gloria.”My girlfriend next door came down on the steps. Was too late. She was on the floor dead. I was going to give her CPR. It was too late,” Parker said.The cats were like family to their neighborhood. Many people would pet and feed them.Now a memorial lines Parker’s doorstep as she honors her late furry friends.”It’s tearing me apart. It really is. My heart hurts, and I’m not myself,” she said.
An unleashed dog killed two cats in Harrisburg this week.
Videos related to the incidents have been turned over to the police department in the hopes that police can identify the dog and its owner.
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Although both cats were living on the street, they were part of a castaway critters program.
“Someone left an off-leash pit bull just maul them to death,” said Jessica Walton, the operations manager at the animal rescue.
Winston and Gloria slept in a bed on Market Street.
Walton said that’s where Winston was chased to his death, and Gloria was killed two days later.
“She was sleeping. Knocked off the porch and killed her in her sleep,” resident Brenda Parker said.
News 8 obtained video of both incidents.
In the first video recorded around 4 a.m. Monday, a dog is seen running after Winston. A man can also be seen and heard, but it’s unclear what he says.
In the second video, it appears the same man is walking by around midnight Wednesday when a woman could be heard screaming. That’s when he asked if the cat in front of her was hers.
Parker said the screams of her friend woke her, and she saw the remains of Gloria.
“My girlfriend next door came down on the steps. Was too late. She was on the floor dead. I was going to give her CPR. It was too late,” Parker said.
The cats were like family to their neighborhood. Many people would pet and feed them.
Now a memorial lines Parker’s doorstep as she honors her late furry friends.
“It’s tearing me apart. It really is. My heart hurts, and I’m not myself,” she said.
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