Teen Clubs Kittens to Death, L.A. County Sends Out Photo of Cats' Corpses

By Dennis Romero Thu., Mar. 15 2012 at 4:43 PM

Categories: WTF

L.A. County

Updated at the bottom with the kid's age and an explanation from the County about why the photo was distributed.

We're not sure what's worse -- that a bat-wielding boy allegedly beat to death three kittens or that the county Department of Animal Care and Control just sent out a photo of said cat corpses (after the jump).

Animal control officials say they were alerted to the beating March 7 after a Wilson High School employee said the student was heard on campus confessing to the attack.

Officers went to his home in the 15900 block of Leander Drive in Hacienda Heights and ...

... found three domestic shorthair kittens dead.

L.A. County

Dead Kittens

The trio was about two weeks old, according to a county statement: They had ...

... severe fractures to the skull and head trauma.

Marcia Mayeda, director of Animal Control:

Apparently the boy confessed to a school staff member that he had killed three kittens earlier in the morning by beating them with a baseball bat and disposing of the bodies in the trash at his home.

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The teen, apparently, wasn't arrested. Rather, Animal control is handing its case file to the L.A. County District Attorney so that the office can consider filing charges.

Now, many of you will say fry the alleged little bastard.

But consider for a moment just how sick a kid would have to be to actually do this. That scares us the most.

[Update at 5:03 p.m.]: Evelina Villa, a spokeswoman for Animal control, says the kid is 16. She confirmed that he was not arrested.

When asked why the County distributed the photo, she said:

We want to get the word out about the importance of reporting animal cruelty. We felt that the photo, although it is graphic, will get people's attention.
Animal cruelty is a precursor to human related violence. If caught early we can prevent it. If it's an [animal cruelty] emergency you can call 911.

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Tags:

animal cruelty, animal rights, cats, dead kittens, Hacienda Heights, L.A. County

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Hey batta batta batta batta SAAA-WWWIIIINNGGGGG!

Diseased Ferals

The cats could have been diseased, so the kid is probably doing people a favor.

Rdesade

While showing the pics is disturbing perhaps that will alert people to the severity of the crime...we are a visual society and often words do not have the same impact as a picture. I hope this kid gets help because he is destined for even worse crimes. Anyone who could do that to helpless kittens is a step away from harming a child...

Jennifer Head

RIP furbabies!

12486

Hey that would just be Lunch in China

Jennifer Head

ok...they do nothing?!...WTF!!!!!..if it were ppl..it would be different. To me animals are better than ppl. zthey dont do sick shit like thi!..also, they all need to stop putting up this shit with photos and just talking bout animals gettin abused! I FUCKING HATE YA'LL FOR POSTING THIS!

beercrabs

makes me wonder what he's done that no one knows about....yet. This kid needs some serious psychiatric counselling, along with a good shit-kickin', with the same bat he used on those poor, defenseless kittens

Tarasthing480

Sick motherfucker. This person will only continue to do more violent things, he is dangerous and his picture and name should be posted for all to see so that we can keep an eye out for this twisted, mentally disturbed boy.

Maurauder

That's a sick little bastard. What child wakes up in the morning and clubs three kittens to death before school? What the hell is going on in that kid's house that caused him to bludgeon three kittens to death? That is what needs to be investigated - where's his lousy parents? Kid needs mental health counseling. Future serial killer. So the kid gets a pat on the back from the City of LA for beating three kittens to death? That kid needs to be prosecuted. How disgusting. If anybody else in the city did what that sick little bastard did, they'd be all over local news, and prosecuted for animal cruelty. Who's running this city? I'll tell you who's running L.A. - THE LAWLESS and politically correct are running this toilet of a city.