A Man in His 50s Arrested for Locking a Stray Cat in a Sealed Box Causing Its Death

A cat trapped in a sealed box Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] The Mokpo Police Station in Jeonnam announced on the 16th that they have arrested and are investigating a man in his 50s, Mr. A, on charges of confining stray cats in a sealed box causing their death (violation of the Animal Protection Act).

Mr. A is accused of locking 10 stray cats in a wooden box in front of the Mokpo Cat Protection Union office in Yongdang-dong, Mokpo City, around 2 a.m. on August 24, and fleeing, resulting in the death of 9 of the cats.

When a representative of the Cat Protection Union discovered the box at around 10:40 a.m. that day, six adult cats and three kittens under one year old were found dead inside the sealed box, which was nailed shut, with only one kitten barely alive.

The Cat Protection Union, who reported the incident to the police, believes that someone lured the stray cats with food and confined them alive in the sealed box, causing their deaths.

According to the police investigation, the cats are presumed to have died from suffocation. Although no poison was found inside or outside the box, the police judged that Mr. A abused the cats by confining them all at once in a narrow box.

The police plan to send Mr. A to the prosecution with a recommendation for indictment on the 19th.

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