Trooper Attacked By Kitten

By HILDA MUÑOZ The Hartford Courant 7:18 AM EDT, August 10, 2007 BETHLEHEM

A state police trooper is recovering from wounds he suffered when he was attacked by a kitten Thursday afternoon, state police said.Trooper Michael Eyre was scratched on his hand and bitten on his thumb. He was treated at Waterbury Hospital.The 8-week-old kitten is in quarantine at a veterinarian's office in Woodbury, state police said "He went to the cat, held his hand out to call it over. It came over, scratched him and then it bit his thumb," said Trooper Scott Meyer.The incident was reported at 5:30 p.m. Eyre was flagged down by a resident on Nonnewaug Road who had been attacked by the stray kitten in her yard. Eyre approached the cat and was attacked, Meyer said. more articles in /news/local