Cat shot with 'high-powered air rifle'

The RSPCA is appealing for information after a cat was shot with what is thought to be a high-powered air rifle.

The eight-year-old ginger and white male cat was found by his owner on Mill Way in Rugeley, Staffordshire with a wound to his abdomen on 24 September.

Vets found a pellet lodged into his pelvis. The cat has since been allowed home.

RSPCA inspector Kate Levesley said: