16-year-old accused of kicking cat to death
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana SPCA says a 16-year-old has been booked with aggravated animal cruelty for allegedly kicking a cat to death.
Spokeswoman Katherine LeBlanc said Friday that the youth’s family was staying with a relative who called the SPCA Feb. 3. LeBlanc says the woman told investigators the teen repeatedly kicked her cat Tigger into the air like a ball on Jan. 10, ignoring her attempts to stop him.
She took Tigger to a veterinarian Jan. 13. After two weeks of outpatient treatment, the cat died during surgery Jan. 27.
LeBlanc says New Orleans police booked the youth Wednesday.
LA/SPCA chief executive Ana Zorilla says prosecutors will decide whether to charge him as an adult.
