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News judgment
Sometimes it gets weird
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The first news item about a cat’s body being found in the bushes of a Great Bend neighborhood appeared as an item in the Tribune’s “On the Record” in October. It became a front-page story this week when the Humane Society of the United States offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible.It is chilling to think, as the evidence suggests, that someone amongst us caught a healthy cat – perhaps someone’s beloved pet – and decapitated the animal. The good thing about a national organization offering a substantial monetary reward is that if more than one person knows who killed the cat, there’s a good chance he or she will be willing to talk.Such stories are rare in this community, but worth noting.