Two complaints were filed this Friday at the gendarmerie of Casteljaloux (Lot-et-Garonne) after the broadcast of a video showing a young man hitting a cat.
The sequence, filmed in the town near Marmande, went around social networks and aroused the indignation of many Internet users, reports
Sud-Ouest
.
In the images, a young man can be seen attracting a cat that is obviously very sociable.
After coaxing him, he kicks him violently, while laughing.
The animal then fled via a small bridge.
According to the regional daily, the scene took place near the church of the Cité des cadets de Gascogne.
Punishable by three years in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros
SPA 47 announced on Facebook that it would join another association that had filed a complaint.
The owners of the feline have also done what is necessary for the gendarmerie.
An act of mistreatment of an animal is punishable by three years in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros.
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