Bloody Cyclists at it again

[weeksy]

Professional cyclist Antonio Tiberi fined for shooting San Marino minister's cat

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64801133

Professional cyclist Antonio Tiberi has been fined and suspended from his team for shooting dead a minister's cat in San Marino.

The 21-year-old rider reportedly said he was trying out an air rifle and pointed it at the cat's head and fired.

The ill-fated feline belonged to his neighbour, San Marino's tourism and posts minister Federico Pedini Amati.

A court fined Mr Tiberi €4,000 ($4,250; £3,500) and his team Trek-Segafredo suspended him for 20 days.

"The cat didn't bother anyone," Mr Pedini Amati told the Corriere della Sera newspaper.

"It had been with us for a long time. My three-year-old daughter Lucia loved it. You cannot kill a pet and get away with a 4,000-euro fine," he added.

Trek-Segafredo said it strongly condemned the "reprehensible act" and would donate Mr Tiberi's suspended pay to an animal protection organisation.

The team "expects him to take necessary steps to express his remorse and become a better person," the team's statement said.

Mr Tiberi, who was a juniors time trial world champion in 2019, had recently moved to San Marino,

"I appreciated that the boy admitted the fact. Having said that, we don't need to give these people residence," said Mr Pedini Amati, a former leader of San Marino.

[DefTrap]

My friend has a pet house rabbit, dim looking black thing called 'Blackberry' if I recall. I always tell him and his kids that they're cheaper at the butchers. How they laughed.

What I'm getting it as that potentially the cyclist was just hungry. Replacement cats aren't €4000, more like €10/kilo.

[Yambo]

The village cat charity woman caught up with me in the street (this was a couple of years ago). We had a brief conversation:

Cat woman: A cat was shot a couple of days ago at the back of the village. I hope it wasn't you!

Me: Is it dead?

CW: No.

Me: It wasn't me me then.

[Dodgy69]

We had a white cat when I was a little kid and before they became extinct.

[weeksy]

That's a bloody snow leopard!

[Dodgy69]

Was a cat called Snowy.

[G.P]

Not so much a bloody Cyclist as a bloody good shot

[David]

Was a cat called Snowy.

He isn't extinnct...he lives accross the close from us and terrorises our cats.

[Greenman]

Not only do they ride 2 abreast and fail to stop at traffic lights, they are also pussy murderers as well.

Scum of the earth. I'd never involve myself in things cyclists like especially forums....

[Dodgy69]

Was a cat called Snowy.

He isn't extinnct...he lives accross the close from us and terrorises our cats.

Snowy went extinct about 42 years ago Dad buried him at the bottom of the garden. I dug him up again building a greenhouse with a mate a few years later.

[Mr Moofo]

From what I heard, the cat started it ...
Wiggling its tight little bum like that as it sashayed past him - what did it expect

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Was a cat called Snowy.

No, that's Tin Tin's dog

[Rockburner]

When I saw the thread I thought you might be linking to this story : https://jalopnik.com/pickup-truck-drive ... 1850163445

Apparantly cyclists and pick-ups don't mix well in the US.

[ZRX61]

My friend has a pet house rabbit, dim looking black thing called 'Blackberry' if I recall. I always tell him and his kids that they're cheaper at the butchers. How they laughed.

What I'm getting it as that potentially the cyclist was just hungry. Replacement cats aren't €4000, more like €10/kilo.

My wolves ate the neighbors pet rabbit. Kid appears on my doorstep "Your dogs ate my rabbit.."
I go to the back yard & find them looking very pleased with themselves licking the blood off each others faces..

Bugger.

I go to the store to get the kid a replacement rabbit.. $45!! WTF??? Probably should have fed the kid to the wolves too...