(JP) Cat abuser pinched after posting images on Net

May 23, 2002

Cat abuser pinched after posting images on Net

FUKUOKA -- A man who posted photos of a mutilated cat

on one of Japan's largest Internet chat sites was

identified and will face charges, police said

Wednesday.

Documents were sent to prosecutors Wednesday, accusing

the unnamed Fukuoka man of breaking the law banning

cruelty to animals.

" I wanted to be a star on the Net, " the 26-year-old

unemployed man was quoted by police as saying. " I have

always hated cats since I was a kid because they

always relieved themselves in my garden. " However, he

reportedly showed remorse. " I never expected to cause

such a big furor. I want to say sorry to everyone. "

The man added that the mutilated cat is alive despite

losing its tail in the vicious attack. " I released

it. "

The man reportedly picked up the cat on the streets

and was feeding it at first.

However, he unleashed gruesome attacks against the cat

after it " soiled " his room, police said. He then

posted the photos -- including images of the cat after

he severed its ears and tail and hung it with a piece

of wire -- on the " I hate Pets " section of the Ni

Channel chat site for four hours from 11 p.m. on May

6.

Police traced the unemployed man by studying Internet

provider records. (Mainichi Shimbun, May 22, 2002)

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