Repeatedly throwing kitten, leading to its death Palm Springs, CA (US) Incident Date: Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 County: Riverside Local Map: available Disposition: Convicted Abusers/Suspects: » Name Undisclosed » Name Undisclosed » Name Undisclosed » Name Undisclosed - Dismissed » Name Undisclosed - Dismissed Case Updates: 2 update(s) available

Case ID: 2014 Classification: Throwing Animal: cat View more cases in CA (US) Login to Watch this Case

Five juveniles were arrested at a local mobile home Park on 10/23/03 after witnesses said they tortured a small kitten  When they arrived, police did locate a dead kitten. 

According to the juveniles statements, one juvenile had located a small kitten and placed it into a bag. Then along with two other juveniles began throwing the bagged kitten over a mobile home onto the ground, against a wall of the mobile home.  They stated they were going to hit it with a stick, "baseball" style, but did not because they realized they were being watched.

The juveniles, who were not named because of their ages, were booked on suspicion of animal cruelty and released to their parents, the Palm Springs Police Department reported.

Officers responded to the Golden Sands Mobile Home Park on East San Rafael Drive at 5:56 p.m. where witnesses reported seeing eight children put a kitten inside a plastic bag and throw it into the air several times -- letting it hit the ground each time it fell.

The kitten was found dead inside a plastic bag and a necropsy conducted by the Animal Shelter determined the cause of death to be trauma to the head and internal organs, police said.

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References

	The Desert Sun - Oct 25, 2003
	REPORT #032960035 Palm Springs Police, CA 301
	Superior Court, Juvenile Division, Riverside County, CA 301
	The Desert Sun - Sept 6, 2004

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