When a cat’s body was found in some bushes last month, the Great Bend Police Department logged it as a cruelty to animals case with no leads.On Monday, the Humane Society of the United States upped the ante by offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the decapitation of a cat in Great Bend.The cat’s body was found Saturday, Oct. 26, is some bushes in the 1400 block of 12th St.Seth Orbaugh, animal control officer at the Golden Belt Humane Society, said the light orange male cat was found with its head and front right leg cut off. The first thing he looked for was signs of an animal attack. But all of the evidence pointed to deliberate human action.“The cuts were very clean,” he said.Heather Acheson, director of the Golden Belt Humane Society, is asking for help from the public.
$5,000 reward offered for info in cat decapitation