{"id":1407,"date":"2006-08-14T09:58:19","date_gmt":"2006-08-14T17:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/08\/im_not_sure_if_the_severity_of_hit-and-run_applies_to_cats_but_ill_give_you_that_he_was_a_shooting_star_that_burned_fast_and_bright_and_passed_too_quickly.html"},"modified":"2008-01-24T18:41:10","modified_gmt":"2008-01-24T23:41:10","slug":"im_not_sure_if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/08\/im_not_sure_if.html","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Not Sure If The Severity Of &#8220;Hit-And-Run&#8221; Applies To Cats, But I&#8217;ll Give You That He Was A Shooting Star That Burned Fast And Bright And Passed Too Quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fred, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/02\/if_you_own_an_a.html\">the undercover cat who exposed an unlicensed veterinarian ring<\/a>, has died after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/local\/story\/442791p-372902c.html\">a car hit him<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Detective Fred, the highly decorated cat who bravely went undercover to help authorities nab a phony veterinarian, was killed in a hit-and-run accident outside his home Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Fred become a media star for going after the unlicensed creep passing himself off as a veterinarian to unsuspecting pet owners and performing surgeries on cats and dogs.<\/p>\n<p>His owner, Assistant Brooklyn District Attorney Carol Moran, who coordinates animal cruelty cases for her office, volunteered Fred&#8217;s services in a sting operation last year that netted Steven Vassell, 29, of Brooklyn, after he offered to neuter the cat for $135.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I suggested him [Fred] in the role because he would be really comfortable in remarkable situations,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>For his work, Fred was showered with honors from Mayor Bloomberg and Hynes, and starred recently on Broadway at the Theater District&#8217;s adopt-a-thon benefit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fred was a shooting star, he burned fast and bright and passed quickly,&#8221; Moran said yesterday with great sadness. &#8220;He was my baby.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fred, the undercover cat who exposed an unlicensed veterinarian ring, has died after a car hit him: Detective Fred, the highly decorated cat who bravely went undercover to help authorities nab a phony veterinarian, was killed in a hit-and-run accident outside his home Thursday. Fred become a media star for going after the unlicensed creep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-historical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}