http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/03/portland_couple_overwhelmed_by.html

The meow heard 'round the world began Sunday, when the couple’s 8-month-old son, Jesse, crawled after Lux and pulled his tail. Lux reacted by swiping at Jesse’s face and drew blood from the baby’s forehead.

Before he could continue, Palmer kicked the cat away.

Lux, according to Palmer and the detailed 911 call, went ballistic. The cat's behavior was so alarming, the couple took Jesse and their black Pomeranian dog, Smokey, and locked themselves in the bedroom of their apartment at The Yards at Union Station in Northwest Portland. Lux wailed and screamed outside.

Palmer couldn't get through to Multnomah County Animal Services, so he decided to call 911. In short order, Portland police arrived and captured Lux on top of the refrigerator using a snare.

Where to comment on this one...first off, at least the only positive thing that can be said is the "man" physically kicked the cat away from his kid, but that's about the only positive aspect of this story...a cat had them scurrying into their bedroom and cowering in fear until police could come and "subdue" it...

It gets worse, as if that's even possible:

"There are many ways to foster appropriate behavior in our animal companions, but violence — including kicking and spanking — should never be one of them," Daphna Nachminovitch, PETA senior vice president of cruelty investigations, said in a statement. "PETA encourages all families to use positive reinforcement, which allows animals to learn quickly without losing trust in their guardians."

In response, Palmer admitted to getting angry at the time.

"I should not have kicked him, which I did barefoot and not even hard, but I don't believe in hitting animals," he said. "But when I saw my son bleeding, I lost my temper."

There's that good old White guilt trip...sensible reaction to his child being "attacked," however, he doesn't second guess cowering in the bedroom and calling police to subdue Lux...

If Whites can't handle 20 lb pets, how the heck are we going to deal with 200-300 lb spabooks

The culprit: