70-Year-Old Arrested for Throwing Three Kittens into a Trash Bag

Rescued kitten. Provided by Cheongju City Companion Animal Protection Center. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Seul-gi] A man in his 70s was arrested by the police for putting three live kittens into a volume-based waste bag and discarding them.

On the 20th, Cheongju Heungdeok Police Station announced that they had booked A (73) without detention on charges of violating the Animal Protection Act and sent him to the prosecution with a recommendation for indictment.

According to the police, A is accused of putting three kittens into a volume-based waste bag and discarding them by the roadside in Oksan-myeon, Heungdeok-gu, around 8 a.m. on the 2nd.

The informant said, "I was walking along the road when I heard a cat crying. When I checked, I found the cat was inside a plastic bag."

The police who responded to the report analyzed nearby closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage and arrested A on the 13th.

According to the police investigation, A said, "The cat came into my house and rummaged through the trash can, so I was angry. I did not intend to kill the cat."

A police official explained, "Since the live cats were put into the volume-based waste bag, tied so they could not get out, and discarded, we judged that there was abuse."

The police sent the rescued cats to the Cheongju Companion Animal Protection Center.

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