The Metz Court of Appeal sentenced a 20-year-old man to two years in prison on Thursday, January 19, 2023, including eight months, for killing a cat and cutting it up while filming himself before posting the videos on Snapchat. , we learned Friday, January 20 from the civil parties.
A lead bullet in the head
At the beginning of November, the young man had posted several videos on the social network Snapchat, showing himself in the process of butchering a cat.
In several messages, he explained that he had killed the cat by shooting it in the head with a lead bullet.
At first instance, at the Sarreguemines court (Moselle), the defendant was sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment, including 4 months, but the prosecution appealed against this decision.
“
The Court of Appeal was well aware of the facts committed by the defendant, the sentence is much more satisfactory than that which had been pronounced at first instance
”, reacted to AFP Me Laure Vayssade, lawyer for the association. “
Stéphane Lamart for the defense of animal rights
”.
The SPA, the Brigitte Bardot foundations, 30 million friends and Animal Assistance also filed civil suits.
12,000 attacks on domestic animals in 2021
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of attacks on domestic animals increased by 30% to reach 12,000 facts recorded in 2021 (ill-treatment, serious abuse and acts of cruelty in particular), the Ministry of the Interior announced at the end of October.
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Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin took the opportunity to announce the creation of a division of investigators, made up of 15 specialized police and gendarmes, responsible "
specifically for animal abuse
".
The law against animal abuse, promulgated on November 30, 2021, has reinforced the penalties in force: the fact of committing "
serious abuse
" or an "
act of cruelty
" against an animal can now result in penalties of up to three years' imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros.
