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 …
RSPCA prosecute Kurt Zouma and his brother Yoan under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 Read More »
This was a difficult article to write. However, I think it needs writing because the washing machine is a killing machine in some households. Women are more likely to use the machine than men to kill cats. This might be because they use the machine more often. It doesn’t happen that often, but it’s too …
5 women and 3 men who have killed cats in washing machines Read More »
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 …
Cat cruelty has to be bad to get 364 days in jail and it was Read More »
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 …
New York City exotic animal trader sold wildcat kittens as house pets Read More »
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 …
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 …
CPS wrong to charge Brighton cat killer with criminal damage Read More »
This is a case of wrongful prosecution and numerous other failings by the Crown Prosecution Service in conjunction with the RSPCA and the police.
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 …
American on Facebook names Welsh teenage thugs who killed pet cat with their dog Read More »
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 …
Woman who bragged on Facebook about son driving over cats pleads not guilty Read More »
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 …
Allegedly disturbed boy who abused and killed a cat is let off because he’s a minor Read More »
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 …
Sensible judge makes $62k restitution order against women in cat cruelty case Read More »
Rage is one of the emotions that people feel when their companion animal is abused. The rage is often compounded by frustration at the failure to achieve justice and retribution. It is rage followed by frustration leading to more anger. In a previous post the topic was guilt emanating from the abuse of the companion …
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 …
United Animal Coalition Fined $300,000 in NC for Animal Abuse and Neglect Read More »
UK — You may remember the RSPCA case of Claude, a long-haired Turkish Angora cat living in Britain who was very old with matted fur. He does look bad in the photo, admittedly, but it was not within the remit of the RSPCA to decide to euthanize him. The RSPCA is a rich animal charity …
RSPCA publicly apologises for wrongly killing a domestic cat Read More »
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 …
RSPCA zealots force owners to put down their cat because of matted fur Read More »
