The key facts

  • In Kaspiysk, children used a firecracker on a cat; the animal suffered severe injuries
  • Veterinarians could not help, and the cat was euthanized
  • The details and circumstances of the incident are being established

A cat in Kaspiysk had to be euthanized after abuse

In Kaspiysk, Dagestan, children cruelly abused a cat and used a firecracker on it, leaving the animal with severe injuries. This was reported by the Telegram channel «Netipichnaya Makhachkala», which is cited by Gazeta.Ru. The injured cat was taken to veterinarians, but they were unable to help, and the animal was euthanized. The details and circumstances of the incident are still being established.

A series of reports of animal cruelty

The report from Kaspiysk came amid other recent publications about animal cruelty. Thus, in Ufa, animal abusers caught a neighbor's Yorkshire terrier and fed it prohibited substancesto «see what would happen». The owner found the pet barely alive and took it to a veterinary clinic, where specialists managed to save its life: according to the woman, the animal suffered convulsions for at least five hours, all tests were taken and it was put on an IV drip. It was also previously reported that an abuser taped a dachshund's muzzle shut with insulating tape and threw it out of the window of an apartment building in Siberia.