Last summer, a video of a kitten being violently tortured and killed was posted on Facebook. This year, the two men responsible have been sentenced to the maximum sentence for animal abuse and cruelty – four years in prison.
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18-year-old Kyle Williams and 19-year-old Jordan Hall from Missouri accidentally posted the video to the wrong Facebook group, the Cellulites: Salvation group, which consisted of over 40,000 people. The cat was tied to the back of a jeep and dragged for a long distance before being killed. Williams was reportedly the one who administered the deed while Hall drove the vehicle.
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The graphic video showed the brutal image of a badly mangled and deformed kitten, whose eye had popped out of his head, and Williams posing next to it. The caption of the post was “Try to guess how I killed my cat, bet you can’t” and was posted because Williams was hoping to receive a free pizza in return for posting it. The video immediately sparked outrage as countless individuals rushed to report the incident to the authorities.
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A resident of Omaha made a post about the video and perpetrators in order to urge others to report them, which was shared nearly 8,000 times, garnering over 1,400 comments from angered users.
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The Branson Police Department investigated the case and received witness testimony that the cat started out being healthy, though frightened, but within the span of five minutes was reduced to a state of near death as it was dragged behind the car. Taunts of “Dude, kill his ass” and “Keep going. Don’t stop. He’s almost dead” were heard in a conversation between the perpetrators.
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Both criminals will face a four-year sentence, with Williams facing an additional three years for illegal possession of a weapon for a separate incident. Share away, people.