Canada- Boy, 16, charged for allegedly injuring, killing animals in Toronto's east end, August '24, *Warning, disturbing*

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Boy, 16, charged for allegedly injuring, killing several animals in Toronto's east end

Residents of an east-end Toronto neighbourhood are keeping their pets indoors after a police charged a teenager with animal cruelty charges.

www.cp24.com

August 31, 2024 rbbm
Warning: Readers may find the details of this article to be disturbing
Residents of an east-end Toronto neighbourhood are keeping their pets indoors after a police charged a teenager with animal cruelty charges.
From Aug. 1 to Aug. 28, Toronto police allege a 16-year-old boy injured and killed several local animals, including a community cat.''


''Riverdale residents told CTV News Toronto that Millie, a cat, was found dead, apparently shaved, underneath a shed while another has been missing. They also shared that one raccoon was found dead while another was allegedly tortured.
A poster appealing for information about the raccoon that was "bludgeoned to death" can be seen plastered on a street post, urging those with information about the "disturbing" incident to call detectives.''

 

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Parents of Riverdale boy accused of animal cruelty ask for compassion

The parents of a 16-year-old boy accused of animal cruelty say they are taking the allegations against their son "seriously."

torontosun.com

''One Reddit user claimed two neighbours’ cats had vanished and urged people to keep their felines indoors.
“The tracking collar of one cat was found on a garage roof yesterday and the cat was found dead under the shed in the kid’s backyard ….,” the Redditor alleged.
Another Reddit user claimed to have seen “a skinned animal decomposing in a trash bag on the sidewalk, like someone had just dumped it there.”