US: woman jailed for killing and eating a cat

A 27-year-old woman has been sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to animal cruelty for killing and eating a cat in Ohio, USA.

The woman appeared at Stark County Common Pleas Court, where Judge Frank Forchione condemned her actions, stating: “This is repulsive to me. I mean, that anyone would do this to an animal. And an animal’s like a child. I don’t know if you understand that or not.”

“You’ve embarrassed this county, the judge added. You’ve embarrassed this nation. More importantly, you’ve embarrassed yourself.”

“The woman had killed the cat by stomping its head then eating the cat,” according to reports.

Officers arriving at the scene found the woman squatting next to the dead animal. She had blood on her feet and fur on her lips. Bodycam footage captured one officer asking: “Did you eat that cat? Did you eat it? No? Why’d you kill it then?”

Judge Forchione described her as presenting quite a danger to our community, expressing disbelief over her actions. “I can’t express the disappointment, shock, disgust that this crime has brought to me. I don’t know what could prompt anyone to want to eat a cat.”

The woman’s sentence will run concurrently with an 18-month term she is already serving for theft and child endangerment.