Cat shot 13 times in the head survives

AN Australian cat named Smokey survived 13 shots to the head from an air rifle and then found his way home after what police yesterday called a “shocking” act of animal cruelty.

The nine-year-old turned up on his owners’ doorstep bleeding from his head last week, three days after he went missing from the family home in Maryborough, central Victoria.

A medical examination revealed 13 pellets lodged in his head and face.