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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2004True? Prince William shot and killed a cat belonging to someone on Balmoral
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_925133.html Wills accused of shooting cat Prince William has been investigated by police after a woman claimed he shot her pet cat. Jeshiera Art filed a complaint saying Wills, 21, fired a gun outside her home near Balmoral - and her cat has not been seen since, reports The Sun. Police decided to take no action so Jeshiera, 34, is threatening to take out a private prosecution against William. She said: "It had gone 11 when there was this huge bang. There was a lamp shining on my house and one at my cat. Then there were a couple of shots." Buckingham Palace confirmed Wills had been on a rabbit shoot near Balmoral, but denied a cat was shot. Is this true? Seems to terrible and terrible it is only reported in the obscure news services. If true, he should be arrested. > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_925133.html > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Is this true? Seems to terrible and terrible it is only reported > in the obscure news services. If true, he should be arrested. I don't see how she could do anything unless she finds the cat. Karen That sounds a little flaky & coincidental. I realize that brief story doesn't have all the details, but it doesn't sound to me that she saw enough to make that kind of accusation. But I am surprised that anyone is allowed to romp & stomp and shoot at rabbits at (what sounds like) very close to her house. Sherry R U kidding, Sherry? We don't live in a monarchy so that *would* be threatening behavior here in USA. But I've always got the impression those royals do whatever, wherever, whenever they want......with no consequences to their exalted hides. Whole different ballpark than here. : That sounds a little flaky & coincidental. I realize that brief story doesn't : have all the details, but it doesn't sound to me that she saw enough to make [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] : : Sherry >R U kidding, Sherry? We don't live in a monarchy so that *would* be >threatening behavior here in USA. But I've always got the impression those >royals do whatever, wherever, whenever they want......with no consequences >to their exalted hides. Whole different ballpark than here. Walllll....I'm telling ya, Pilgrim, NOBODY shoots *anything* close enough to my house to spotlight my cats. Nobody. Not even Dubbya himself. And on second thought, what kind of fun is tramping through pastures at night shooting a defenseless animal? Killing for the *sheer* sake of killing. Not for food, not even for trophy, which is bad enough. I'd seriously wonder about what's in the heart of someone who enjoys that. Sherry Question is what's in the *heads*, not the hearts, Sherry. That family has a rep, deserved or not, of let's just say not being real bright due to inbreeding over centuries. Their collective i.q.'s would probably make, comparatively, what's running our country look like Einstein. Also, those princes don't really have very much to do; they don't work as we know it. We really don't have anything like them in the USA; even our rock stars have to give a concert now and then, and Bill Gates, our richest, puts on his pants and goes somewhere every day, even if he doesn't lift a finger physically. But showing up at some charity event is as hard as it ever gets for the royals, in spite of the silly pics you see with one of them holding a shovel full of dirt somewhere.....we just can't imagine such a life. Anyone's pet would be expendable and not worth a discussion to such beings. : >R U kidding, Sherry? We don't live in a monarchy so that *would* be : >threatening behavior here in USA. But I've always got the impression those [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] : : Sherry Ok Ok!!!! I gotta make one itty bitty comment... The Queen does have a fondness for her corgi's. You only have to go as far as a few publicity photos before you see the dogs run unchecked on the grounds of where ever she's in residence at. Watching them bounce all over the throne, the Queen herself and whoever is in attendance... I think it's sweet :) I think the most telling of how hard the boys work, and what is given to them freely would be a copy of their school work, the grades that are reflected. Test scores, and things such as that. There is no way, with 10+ years of education you can get by without some type of evidence you either rode it out, or you worked to get those grades. On the other hand!!! Can we say Yay Norway? Or was it Finland??? The heir to the throne married his sweetheart earlier this year and she's a divorced mum :). I think that was wonderful and very telling on the types of people leading that country. Grace > Question is what's in the *heads*, not the hearts, Sherry. *snip* > Anyone's pet would be expendable and not worth a discussion to such beings. > Ok Ok!!!! I gotta make one itty bitty comment... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the throne, the Queen herself and whoever is in attendance... I think it's > sweet :) Trouble is, that is where Anne's dogs got the publicity for their agressive behavior. Aparently not too long ago one of her dogs killed one of her sister's Corgi's. Of course that sounds worse, when it ends up in the press, than the unfortunate family incident that it is. My brother's dog almost killed my mother's poodle several years ago. And it was most unexpected and everyone felt perfectly horrid about it. These things do happen. > I think the most telling of how hard the boys work, and what is given to > them freely would be a copy of their school work, the grades that are > reflected. Test scores, and things such as that. There is no way, with 10+ > years of education you can get by without some type of evidence you either > rode it out, or you worked to get those grades. Perhaps the royals aren't too bright, or perhaps the press likes to make them seem that way. Then again sweet as she seemed, Diana wasn't the sharpest tack in the box either so it isn't all inbreeding. > On the other hand!!! Can we say Yay Norway? Or was it Finland??? The heir > to the throne married his sweetheart earlier this year and she's a divorced > mum :). I think that was wonderful and very telling on the types of people > leading that country. > > Grace > > Ok Ok!!!! I gotta make one itty bitty comment... > Trouble is, that is where Anne's dogs got the publicity for their agressive > behavior. Aparently not too long ago one of her dogs killed one of her > sister's Corgi's. Anne doesn't have a sister. (Well, so far as we know, who knows what Philip got up to in his youth ...) Anne's dog killed one of the Queen's corgis, and there was a brouhaha about which one of Anne's dogs had done it, whether it was the one that had bitten a child, and was under a 'one more strike and euthanasia' threat, or whether it was a different dog. > On the other hand!!! Can we say Yay Norway? Or was it Finland??? The heir > to the throne married his sweetheart earlier this year and she's a divorced > mum :). I think that was wonderful and very telling on the types of people > leading that country. That's Norway. We don't have royalty in Finland. :o)  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >That's Norway. We don't have royalty in Finland. :o) Ahem... Frank is very regal Purrs Waffles --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- "dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote > >That's Norway. We don't have royalty in Finland. :o) > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Purrs Waffles OK, we don't have hoomin royalty in Finland. :o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >> Ahem... >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >OK, we don't have hoomin royalty in Finland. :o) Okay. Just remember Frank is very regal and you had better treat him like a king.. or else (flash of gleaming claws). He deserves no less. Purrs, Waffles --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > >> Ahem... > >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Okay. Just remember Frank is very regal and you had better treat him like a > king.. or else (flash of gleaming claws). He deserves no less. Of course, of course. <bowing deep and crawling backwards> Frank is an Emperor and you are his Empress. <turns tail and scuttles off> SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >Of course, of course. <bowing deep and crawling backwards> Frank is an >Emperor and you are his Empress. <turns tail and scuttles off> I do like it when the humans are kept in their place ;-) Purrs, Waffles --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >Question is what's in the *heads*, not the hearts, Sherry. That family has a >rep, deserved or not, of let's just say not being real bright due to [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >a shovel full of dirt somewhere.....we just can't imagine such a life. >Anyone's pet would be expendable and not worth a discussion to such beings. Anyone *else's* pet. *Theirs* are sacrosanct. I remember seeing stories about Princess Anne's homicidal maniac bull terriers terrorizing the populace at large-- one even killed one of the Queen's corgis. Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) > R U kidding, Sherry? We don't live in a monarchy so that *would* be > threatening behavior here in USA. But I've always got the impression those > royals do whatever, wherever, whenever they want......with no consequences > to their exalted hides. Whole different ballpark than here. Not true, Princess Anne recently became the first Royal for ages to get a criminal conviction because she let her dog run riot in a public area and attack someone. > > R U kidding, Sherry? We don't live in a monarchy so that *would* be > > threatening behavior here in USA. But I've always got the impression those [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > criminal conviction because she let her dog run riot in a public area and > attack someone. It's happened since as well... I think a member of the house staff needed stitches. Not sure. Grace And what exactly was the Princess' penalty for her "criminal conviction"? : > > R U kidding, Sherry? We don't live in a monarchy so that *would* be : > > threatening behavior here in USA. But I've always got the impression [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] : : Grace It's been a while, and being in USA as I am, the exact escapes me but I believe it was a fine... same as most any other first time offender if it's a small dog with proven medical records and updated shots. Grace > And what exactly was the Princess' penalty for her "criminal conviction"? > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > : > : Grace > And what exactly was the Princess' penalty for her "criminal conviction"? Exactly, I don't remember, but I'm pretty sure it was a fine. You could Google, it was on the BBC news page when it happened. Yes, true. But one thing in favor of this type of report is the fact that Aunt (whatshername, Charles older sister) has a dog that has been in the paper a couple times for attacking when unprovoked. I have nothing at all against tempermental dogs, I have my Mutt who will bite. But I don't take her out in the public and let her run loose either because of that exact reason. So true or not, the Royal family does have previous animal issues behind them. I doubt he shot a cat too. He's going to be King of England someday (although I strongly suspect the title is on it's last two or three generations) and I don't think he'd attempt something so stupid or heartless. No matter how he feels about animals. I'm no Diana fanatic, but I do believe she was too caring of a person to raise a child that way. Grace > That sounds a little flaky & coincidental. I realize that brief story doesn't > have all the details, but it doesn't sound to me that she saw enough to make [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Sherry Gracie, I didn't mean the dude was raised that way. If you're a few sandwiches short of a picnic, who knows what's fun to you.....to quote that Robert Palmer epic, "A pretty face....don't mean no pretty heart....." (Bad Case of Lovin'You). (snicker). : Yes, true. But one thing in favor of this type of report is the fact : that Aunt (whatshername, Charles older sister) has a dog that has been [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] : > : > Sherry >Gracie, I didn't mean the dude was raised that way. Well, yeah, but isn't their Pop an avid fox hunter? So they've been so to speak, raised thinking it's "normal" to kill defenseless animals. Sherry Oh I know Hops!! I wasn't insinuating you at all... Truth be, I didn't read all of the msgs and I don't recall what most of anybody has said. (rude I know, got a buttkicking cold right now so....) This was an unbiased and un.... what's that word for umm.. rubbing off on someone/prompted... comment :) And you are absolutely right though, the Monarchy does put forth a great image today (to us USA'ers) but centuries are telling and the fact is, there are some mighty big skeletons in that closet. I think... I don't know... *bleh* I didn't think colds and stuff was supposed to be contagious. Grace > Gracie, I didn't mean the dude was raised that way. If you're a few > sandwiches short of a picnic, who knows what's fun to you.....to quote that [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > : > > : > Sherry Hee hee well the skeletons may be big but unlike USA's, they once had royal blood running through their veins.....I wasn't trying to go "diggin' up bones" (remember that song?) but just to point out that we on this side of the pond have no concept of the life they lead and their standards of behavior. Get rid of that cold, Gracie. : Oh I know Hops!! I wasn't insinuating you at all... Truth be, I didn't read : all of the msgs and I don't recall what most of anybody has said. (rude I [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] : > : > : > : > Sherry Righto, I wasn't buying into this but it sounds like bulldust to me I really think your right when you say ,He's going to be King of England someday,*whether they're on their last legs or not* and I dont think William would risk that sort of publicity, and I think he sounds like too nice a kid to do a thing like that{ Harry might} but give the kids a break, the journalists make half that stuff up. Jean.P. > Yes, true. But one thing in favor of this type of report is the fact > that Aunt (whatshername, Charles older sister) has a dog that has been [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > Sherry ---------------------<snip>---------------------- Here's another version. The prince is apparently only suspected of scaring off the cat by shining a searchlight on it from a Land Rover and discharging a gun in the area. You'd think the royal family would have enough lands of their own that they could shoot all the rabbits they wanted without discharging a gun near another party's home. I have nothing against hunting, if it's for game to be eaten, but this sounds vaguely creepy -- sort of a high class version of going to the dump to shoot rats Here is another version from a Singapore paper from: http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0%2C4390%2C246295%2C00.html >Prince William in gun flap over cat >LONDON - A devastated cat owner is threatening to take >Britain's Prince William to court after he allegedly scared off >the cat while on a night-time rabbit shoot. > >Prince William is accused of scaring off a tomcat named >Dream while out with the royal gamekeeper on a rabbit hunt. >The Daily Mirror tabloid reported that a tomcat named >Dream, belonging to Jeshiera Art, 34, has vanished after a [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >Prince William had been on a pest-control trip >but said no cat had been killed. -- AFP PerhapsWilliam was scaring the cat off because he was concerned in caseit got hit accidentally Jean.P. > ---------------------<snip>---------------------- > [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > >Prince William had been on a pest-control trip > >but said no cat had been killed. -- AFP |
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