University Student Kills Four Adopted Cats With Crossbow
by Beth on Wednesday, November 13, 2013
by Beth on Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Japanese netizens are known for their love of cats. Therefore, when this story about a university student who adopted four cats just to shoot them with a crossbow surfaced on Yahoo! Japan, it quickly drew angry tweets from all corners of the web.
Netizens are extremely angry at the boy’s actions, with many noting that if he will kill a cat, he may well go on to kill other living things. Others call for him to be thrown into prison for life…
From Yahoo! Japan:
Violation of Law For Protection of Animals: Case Of Kochi University Student Who Shot And Killed Cat With A Crossbow Sent To Prosecutors
On November 11, Kochi Prefectural Police South Kochi Division sent a case in which a male first year Kochi University student (18, Kochi City) is suspected of violating the law for protection of animals to district prosecutors. The boy is suspected of adopting four cats that were being advertised online for adoption, and then killed them in his home by shooting them with a crossbow.
The boy was arrested by police in July on suspicion of arson in uninhabited buildings, after an incident where there were repeated arson attacks in Kochi City during the small hours of June 30. When cat corpses were discovered at the boy’s home during the process of the police arson investigation, the boy was questioned over them.
In the details sent to prosecutors, the boy is alleged to have shot the four cats on two occasions at his home, shooting one cat the first time, and three cats the second time. The student is said to have searched online f.or cats that were up for adoption, and then collected them one after another. The boy admitted to the crime, saying “I wanted to blow off some steam”.
Aside from the repeated arson incidents in Kochi City, the boy is also being investigated for a total of five suspected arsons when he was still in high school, where he broke into a high school in Tokushima Prefecture, where he is originally from, and set fire to it.
