{"id":2883,"date":"2006-05-23T09:54:47","date_gmt":"2006-05-23T13:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2006\/05\/23\/killer-cat-put-on-prozac-faces-death\/"},"modified":"2006-05-23T09:54:47","modified_gmt":"2006-05-23T13:54:47","slug":"killer-cat-put-on-prozac-faces-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2006\/05\/23\/killer-cat-put-on-prozac-faces-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer Cat Put on Prozac Faces Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a8483'><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"537\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dowbrigade.com\/images\/killercat.jpg\" width=\"339\" height=\"297\" align=\"left\">FAIRFIELD, Conn. &#8211;Janet Kettman says she and her<br \/>\n        neighbors on Sunset Circle are always looking over their shoulders in<br \/>\n        fear the stalker will strike again.<\/p>\n<p>      &quot;He attacks from the back,&quot; Kettman said Monday. &quot;You never<br \/>\n      see it coming. He has six toes on every foot, which constitutes a very<br \/>\n      formidable<br \/>\n      weapon.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>      Kettman said she was attacked twice by Lewis the cat, whose owner was due<br \/>\n      back in court Tuesday on a charge of second-degree reckless endangerment.<br \/>\n      Ruth Cisero, the cat&#8217;s owner, recently withdrew her bid for special probation<br \/>\n      and opted for trial because she would have had to allow Lewis to be euthanized.<\/p>\n<p>      Lewis will not attend the conference. &quot;He&#8217;s under house arrest,&quot; Riccio<br \/>\n      said.<\/p>\n<p>      Neighbors say they have been terrorized by Lewis, saying the cat&#8217;s long<br \/>\n      claws and stealth have allowed the cat to attack at least a half-dozen<br \/>\n      people and ambush the Avon lady as she was getting out of her car.<\/p>\n<p>      &quot;I fear for the people on Sunset Circle,&quot; Kettman said. &quot;Whenever<br \/>\n      you go out, you look in back of you to see if there is anything stalking<br \/>\n      you.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>      &quot;He will not retreat,&quot; Kettman said. &quot;His mouth is open<br \/>\n      and his tail is swishing.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>      Lewis was put on the antidepressant Prozac, but his owner was worried he<br \/>\n      became too sleepy, Kettman said. Riccio confirmed that Lewis was on Prozac<br \/>\n      at one point. He said Cisero has kept her cat indoors, and he suggested<br \/>\n      Lewis&#8217; rap sheet is not as long<br \/>\n      as his neighbors say.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/connecticut\/articles\/2006\/05\/22\/owner_faces_trial_rather_than_death_for_cat\/\">the Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><em>Some cats are just bad to the bone&#8230;<\/em>\n      <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAIRFIELD, Conn. &#8211;Janet Kettman says she and her neighbors on Sunset Circle are always looking over their shoulders in fear the stalker will strike again. &quot;He attacks from the back,&quot; Kettman said Monday. &quot;You never see it coming. He has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2006\/05\/23\/killer-cat-put-on-prozac-faces-death\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}