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(CANADA) Couple arrested after horrific Torture and Killing of 10 cats

Hi all.

If this sounds familiar … it should.

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Manitoba

2 people arrested after 10 cats tortured, killed in ‘horrible’ animal cruelty case: Winnipeg police

Police believe some of the cats were bought through social media for torture videos posted to dark web

CBC News · Posted: Oct 11, 2024 12:43 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 12

WARNING: This story contains disturbing details.

A 40-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman have been arrested and charged with torturing and killing 10 cats, Winnipeg police say.

They allege the two posted videos and photos of animal torture content on the dark web, after some of the cats were bought through social media.

The content was viewed by a citizen and turned in to the provincial veterinarian, who sent the content to police in August 2024, police said at a news conference Friday. The animal torture content was posted online between May and August.

That led to an investigation during which a search warrant was executed in the Lord Roberts area of south Winnipeg. The two people were arrested and evidence was seized, police said at a Friday news conference.

Police said they found evidence of animal cruelty in the home, and located 10 cats and a rabbit during their investigation, but no animals found were alive.

“Investigators told me that this is the worst case that they’ve dealt with — a very, very horrible case involving animal cruelty,” Winnipeg Police Service spokesperson Const. Stephen Spencer said.

He said that when people are involved in crimes against animals, that violent behaviour can escalate and involve humans, but there is currently no evidence to suggest intent to harm people in this case.

Spencer also said while police have received reports of cats being found dead in the Point Douglas area, it’s not believed at this point the two cases are related. The police service’s major crimes unit is still investigating the Point Douglas reports, as well as the Lord Roberts case, he said.

The two Winnipeggers who were arrested were known to police. They are in police custody and charged with:

  • Killing or injuring animals.
  • Causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.
  • Failing to provide adequate medical attention for an animal when it is wounded or ill.
  • Inflicting acute suffering, serious injury or harm upon an animal, or extreme anxiety or distress that significantly impairs its health or well-being.

Don’t support social media sellers: Humane Society

Andrew Clarke, director of investigation and emergency response for the Winnipeg Humane Society and a former police officer, says about two-thirds of the thousands of calls his department gets are related to some form of animal mistreatment or abuse, but that a case like this is very rare.

“It is disturbing,” Clarke said during an interview on CBC Radio’s Up to Speed. “These are serious charges that [police have] laid, and they obviously feel confident they got, unfortunately, the evidence to back them up.”

Clarke said that while the number of calls has remained consistent over the last couple years, animal removals in the city have gone up in 2024, adding that it might be in part due to people no longer being able to take care of their pets because of economic headwinds.

This case highlights why people should not support sellers advertising pets on social media, he said, urging prospective pet owners to instead visit reputable rescues in the city.

Winnipeg police said anyone with concerns about the welfare of animals can contact the provincial animal care line at 204-945-8000.

People can also contact the Winnipeg Police Service regarding criminal incidents involving animals, or make a report anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477 (TIPS) or winnipegcrimestoppers.org.

With files from Faith Fundal

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Unfortunately what we see here is all too familiar – we’ve seen it before in China, and the “Cat Torture Ring” here discussed also (please search for “Cat Torture Ring” on this site). And it is as we feared – “inspiration” has clearly been taken from that example, and is spreading globally.

With the only difference in this case, that people have been arrested on charges, and will be taken to court and sentenced. With China, we are a long way away from that.

There is a Petition you can sign here:
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/194/334/635/?z00m=33426488

China Cat Torture, General News, Uncategorized

Cat Torture Groups – Update

Dear all,
we apologize for being quiet on the issue in the recent 3 months. This is not due to there not being any reportable news, but due to private health-related issues of our own, which has caused us, and me, to withdraw for a while. There was certainly no holiday involved …

So there is news, some good and some bad.

Please view the accompanying video on FB – we cannot upload it here:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1259624518750079

China Cat Torture, General News, Uncategorized

(CN) Cat Abuse – Cautiously Positive

From “Feline Guardians Without Border” with whom we cooperate.

It is heartening to see that even Chinese Officials are not blind re. this issue and animal abuse in their country in general. Far be it from us to blanket condemn all Chinese on the basis of the actions of a “minority”. Although of course, as we see daily, and most recently again with Yulin, there IS a problem with animal welfare/abuse in China that is far more substantial than with all other countries we know. And that also goes for South-East Asia in general. However, there ARE many also, who think differently, and who work VERY hard (given the circumstances and the lack of legislation) to change the status quo. And there are also people who genuinely care for (their) animals, as we do. Let us all hope that this trend continues.

Also, a TNR programme has been initiated aimed at addressing the overpopulation of stray cats in the Jiading/Shanghai District of China.

China Cat Torture, General News

New Category

Hi all; we have now added a new category called ‘China Cat Torture’ – everything relating to this issue will be stored here as well as under ‘General News’.

You can therefore just type in ‘China Cat Torture’ in the Search box on the home left side and you should be given all of our past posts relating to this abuse.

Or, sorry, late night yesterday, forgot to add – you can simply click here for the new category:

https://worldanimalsvoice.com/?s=china+cat+torture

Regards Mark (aka Bonsai Nut)

China Cat Torture, General News

(CN) Cat Torture – A difficult decision

Hi all.

Now, it is often for us a tightrope walk what to show you and what not. We have frequently spoken about that, amongst ourselves, and it remains a difficult decision. There is still one post not published, which contains a video we hesitate to show (not the one mentioned below). Yet.

The source is a very active colleague in Japan, who, as he says in the post below, struggles with the question, and for himself, what he can see, what he can bear to see. And ultimately, he WILL see, because he feels to look away is to abandon those victims – each and every one of whom is an individual whose life and suffering is unique and not just a number of dead, in the now long list of atrocities committed every day in China.

Personally, I feel the same. And that also goes for the here, on the site, mentioned suffering of children in Gaza.

Diana