Posted on 07/11/2018 11:50:07 AM PDT by simpson96
BELTON, Texas (KWTX) Investigators have identified three teenagers who were involved in flinging a cat into Lake Belton after a short video of the incident went viral on social media.
The video, which first appeared on Snapchat, was posted on Twitter Monday night by a user who tagged both Belton police and the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Belton police identified the three teens involved in the incident and then referred the case to the Bell County Sheriff’s Department for further investigation, sheriff’s Maj. T.J. Cruz said Wednesday.
“The case has been assigned to an investigator with the sheriff’s department, who will review the case starting today and will be interviewing parties involved in this incident,” Cruz said.
“When the investigation is completed the appropriate referrals to juvenile authorities will be made,” he said.
No names were released.
The video doesn’t show what happened after the cat landed in the water.
"Did it knock the breath out of it? Did it have a hard time, did it drown because it couldn't breathe? You don't know those things,” Don Bland, the executive director of the Waco Humane Society, said Tuesday.
“So there are so many things on their own, so many different levels that are disturbing for the animal but then it's really hard wrenching to see young kids that are that cruel,” he said.
“These actions are not OK and will not be tolerated,” the individual who posted the video on Twitter told KWTX.
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As long as I don’t run into the rabbit from the Cave of Caerbannog, I think I’ll be ok….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxKIJTb3Hg
The human brain has fully developed by age 25. It’s why I think the voting age and drinking age should be 25. But I definitely remember how I looked at animals in my late teens. I didn’t torture them, but it was mostly because I had better things to do. The guys that would throw them off the bridge in Black Diamond were at least old enough to drive. And it was a pretty common thing.
I also think it’s a boys vs girls thing. I’d be really concerned about a girl that did that stuff.
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