Pennsylvania State Police are investigating an animal cruelty incident in Union Township after a cat returned home with a gunshot wound to its leg.
According to a public information release from State Police Reading, troopers were dispatched to a residence in the 70 block of Center Road on October 13, 2026, following a report of an injured cat.
Police said the cat’s owner, a 30-year-old Douglassville woman, reported that her cat returned home limping after being gone throughout the day.
The woman took the cat to a veterinarian, where a .22-caliber bullet was removed from the animal’s leg.
According to state police, the woman reported that the shooting occurred on October 5, 2026.
The person responsible for shooting the cat remains unknown. State police are investigating the incident as animal cruelty.