A 29-year-old man was arrested and placed in police custody in Gif-sur-Yvette (Essonne) Wednesday May 28 after acts of ill-treatment on a one-year-old kitten, reports Le Parisien.
The gendarmerie confirmed this information on Twitter.
According to the daily, a neighbor who attended the scene, Monday, May 25. She filmed her neighbor violently whipping her companion's kitten several times, the latter, named Pooky, remaining inanimate on the ground following these beatings. This same neighbor reported this act to the animal welfare foundation 30 Million Friends who filed a complaint this Tuesday with the gendarmerie of Gif-sur-Yvette for acts of cruelty to an animal, reports the newspaper.
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According to a source close to the investigation, the man " acted in anger ". Arnaud Lhomme, head of investigations at 30 Millions d'Amis, specifies that " the kitten was tied in the dark and soaked when the gendarmes found it ". The animal " will undergo a major orthopedic surgery on Tuesday, meanwhile, it is under painkillers, " adds Arnaud Lhomme to the Parisian .
The association gave news of the cat on Friday:
The accused faces up to two years in prison.