Results for: Animal Cruelty

A South Korean man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for killing 76 cats in one of the country’s most gruesome cases of animal cruelty in recent years. The man, who is in his 20s, was convicted of violating South Korea’s animal protection law last week, the Changwon District Court in southeastern South Korea said Tuesday. According to a court verdict seen by Associated Press, the man harbored a deep hatred for cats after they scratched his car and went on a cat-killing spree between December 2022 and September 2023. He caught stray cats and adopted others from online sites before strangling some to death and killing others with scissors. The court ruled that the prison sentence was unavoidable because he repeatedly committed ‘indescribably cruel’ crimes in a premeditated manner.

Leah O’Connor received an 18-month suspended sentence and a lifetime ban on keeping animals for abandoning two dogs in a house in February 2023. One of the dogs, a Rottweiler puppy named Rox, was found dead in a cage without food or water. The other dog, a bulldog named Doris, was found barely alive and later passed away. The RSPCA officer who investigated the case described the conditions in the house as appalling and heartbreaking.

A nesting goose was attacked and kicked in the head outside a busy Toby Carvery in Stoke-on-Trent. RSPCA officer Sophie Taylor stated that the Canada goose, despite the concerning incident, did not show signs of injury. The charity organization is appealing for help in identifying the offender. The act of violence, which occurred on April 14th at 3:15 PM, was witnessed by customers dining in the restaurant.

Carrie Hansford, a 43-year-old woman from Southampton, England, has been sentenced to a suspended prison term and banned from owning animals for five years after her Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Rocky, was found emaciated and dead in her filthy home. Rocky was left without food or water for an extended period, eventually starving to death. The RSPCA condemned Hansford’s actions, emphasizing that pet owners have a legal obligation to provide food, water, and a suitable living environment for their animals.