A pet owner was devastated after her cat was left fighting for its life after being shot.

Angry - Sandra Allen with a picture of her shot cat Picture: ROBIN WOOSEY

Sandra Allen has agreed to more than £1,400 in vet treatment in a battle to save the life of Magic, her precious chocolate Burmese.

Mrs Allen, from Central Avenue, Hadleigh, discovered eight-year-old Magic had been shot with an airgun on Wednesday evening.

The vet spent hours operating on the animal in a bid to save it, but despite the surgery it continued to bleed from its chest yesterday afternoon and it is feared it might die.

Mrs Allen said: "How can anyone get enjoyment from hurting animals."

Published Friday June 18, 2004

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