"20s Person Brutally Kills Cat by Smashing It Against Wall Due to Stress from Crying Sounds"

Chrysanthemum flowers are placed where the cat 'Dubu,' raised at a restaurant in Changwon, used to stay. / Image source=Animal Rights Action Kara website

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jucheol In] A man in his 20s who brutally killed a cat in Changwon, Gyeongnam, has been sent to the prosecution.

The Changwon Jungbu Police Station in Gyeongnam announced on the 23rd that they have sent Mr. A, a man in his 20s preparing for employment, to the prosecution without detention on charges of violating the Animal Protection Act and property damage for killing a cat by throwing it against a wall.

Mr. A is accused of killing his cat named ‘Dubu’ at a restaurant in Daebang-dong, Changwon City, on the afternoon of the 26th of last month. When a witness nearby shouted after seeing this, Mr. A fled immediately.

During the investigation, the police received a report of a person with a similar appearance and, while canvassing around the crime scene, found Mr. A and arrested him on the 1st.

Mr. A, who is preparing for employment, reportedly explained during the police investigation that he committed the crime because the cat’s meowing caused stress by disturbing his studies and sleep.

The police applied charges of property damage along with the violation of the Animal Protection Act, judging that the restaurant owner was the owner of ‘Dubu’.

The animal rights group Animal Rights Action Kara, which actively publicized the Dubu case, urged through a Blue House national petition, “Please severely punish the abuser who cruelly killed the cat ‘Dubu’ by grabbing its tail and throwing it to the ground in front of the restaurant.”

They added, “Please prepare practical measures to prevent the still unchanged reality of animal abuse and to impose strong punishments.”

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