Here's the original report, plus comments.

Thank you so much for running this story. My family and I cried when we read of the cruel fate of this chair; this has a very special meaning for me. As a child I was abandoned by my biological parents and brought up by a chair very similar to this one. To me it was mother and father combined. Never was there a kindlier and more loving parent than my chair; I remember one freezing winter it pawned its castors to buy me a coat for school.

This fate of this chair is nothing less than murder. Did those animals who took its life realise how its family must be grieving right now?

My many thanks to the people of your area who have provided this poor thing with a decent burial.