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Kurt Zouma

RSPCA prosecute Kurt Zouma and his brother Yoan under the Animal Welfare Act 2006

This is an update on the viral new story concerning Kurt Zouma and his brother Yoan who respectively kicked the family cat and videoed the kicking. To add insult to injury Yoan uploaded his video to social media which resulted in catastrophic criticism of the pair, booing on the pitch and now prosecution for the …

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Cheryn Smilen, 56, pleaded guilty to animal cruelty after she starved cats to death

Cat cruelty has to be bad to get 364 days in jail and it was

SOUTH FLORIDA, USA – NEWS AND COMMENT: If you don’t mind, I won’t go onto great detail but Cheryn Smilen, 56, pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges after she starved cats that she had hoarded in her small apartment. She was a self-style cat rescuer. In truth she was a cruel cat ‘murderer’. As usual …

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Young caracals believed to be the ones traded by Casacci

New York City exotic animal trader sold wildcat kittens as house pets

NEWS AND VIEWS: In violation of New York State law governing the commercial possession and sale of wild cat species such as the caracal and serval, Christopher Casacci, 38, of Amherst, traded in these exotic African cats under the guise of selling domestic pets. He sold dozens of caracals and servals for $7,500 to $10,000 …

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Case paperwork showing on of the cats

Not guilty: Edmonton Humane Society employee on trial for leaving three cats in a van for three weeks

EDMONTON, CANADA: You may remember this case from spring 2018. It was quite high profile at the time and was treated as a serious event by the Humane Society resulting in Mariah Berini being charged with causing or permitting animals to be in distress under the Animal Protection Act and failing to provide adequate food …

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Brighton cat killer charged

CPS wrong to charge Brighton cat killer with criminal damage

The police have arrested a man who they believe attacked 16 cats, nine of whom where killed over eight months in Brighton, England, UK. His name is Steven Bouquet, 52, a security guard. The Crown Prosecution Service decided to charge him with criminal damage under the Criminal Damage Act 1971 rather than animal cruelty under …

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Teenager who killed a cat with a dog in Wales. He can't be named in the UK.

American on Facebook names Welsh teenage thugs who killed pet cat with their dog

They committed a disgusting crime of animal cruelty against someone’s pet cat. In the UK we can’t name them for legal reasons because they are teenagers. However, an American, outside of UK jurisdiction, has named them. In the age of the internet, this highlights the futility of injunctions. Find out who they are on this …

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Cain brags about driving over cats and enjoying it

Woman who bragged on Facebook about son driving over cats pleads not guilty

Vasfije Cain (her first name has a Serbian origin), 43, is a woman who quickly gained notoriety when she posted on Facebook her encouragement to her son to drive over cats on the road and bragged about it. “As he drives mom around he runs over 3 cats maybe people should keep there cats at …

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The mentally ill boy who tortured a cat

Allegedly disturbed boy who abused and killed a cat is let off because he’s a minor

I am revisiting a story I wrote on June 23rd about a boy who tortured and killed a domestic cat in Clinton, Iowa (opens a new window). The boy is Jonathan Trude. He is 12-years-of-age. His parents say that he is mentally disturbed. His father, Richard says he has ADHD, is bipolar, psychotic and a …

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cat hoarders' home

Sensible judge makes $62k restitution order against women in cat cruelty case

Lannie and Amanda Price, a mother and daughter, living in Lansing, America were convicted of animal cruelty (a misdemeanour, a more serious crime) because they hoarded lots of cats and many of them had died. That is a pretty typical scenario for a cat hoarder. Cat hoarders are often very cruel to their cats even …

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United Animal Coalition Fined $300,000 in NC for Animal Abuse and Neglect

The animal advocacy community has kept their eyes on North Carolina over the summer, as allegations against both the Guilford and Davidson County animal shelter have made national news. This has resulted in an historic fine of $300,000 being issued against the nonprofit United Animal Coalition (UAC) after abuse and neglect allegations came in during …

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RSPCA zealots force owners to put down their cat because of matted fur

This is another example of misguided zealotry by an RSPCA inspector. It is quite shocking. The story concerns a Turkish Van cat living in Tring, Hertfordshire, England. In Europe and America the Turkish Van is a semi-long-haired purebred cat. This particular cat’s name was Claude. He was 16 years old and therefore with long hair …

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