Two teens filmed torturing kittens The video was posted on Snapchat ‘Animal cruelty and cruelty’ investigation launched With the advent of social media, internet users are eager to stream any content without a second thought. Recently, two teenagers shared a video on Snapchat that couldn’t help but elicit reactions from netizens. social. As a result, on sees how they torture two kittens. Neither of the two animals survived, while the tormentors seem to enjoy the situation. Action was quickly taken. Animal welfare association Stéphane Lamart aired the facts on their social media and filed a complaint of “cruelty and cruelty to animals”. This Thursday, May 11, 2023, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Evreux in Normandy launched an investigation.
2 teens film themselves on #snapchat torture two #kittens. On this video on notices that the young man is holding a kitten in main before violently throwing it at a tree. The kitten bounces off the tree and lands motionless on the ground. Then, on finds the same… peak.twitter.com/503LiVD992 — Stephane Lamart Association (@StephaneLAMART) May 11, 2023
Unfortunately, this is not the first time animals have been tortured in front of cameras. In fact, such videos regularly appear on social networks. Last year, a video appeared in which football player Kurt Zouma was beating son the cat went around the internet. Some Internet users find in social networks public to their cruel deeds. Often outraged, users repost the video to warn the authorities. But the damage has been done, and the footage is spreading across the network. The noise is there, and sometimes that’s all that matters to the executioners. In the end, the picture is always the same.
When animal cruelty goes viral
Opinions differ between the indignation at seeing such content on social networks and the desire to find and punish the perpetrators thanks to these videos. However, something rare on the Internet, users generally all agree when it comes to animal cruelty: it’s unacceptable. Just take a look at the responses under the Stéphane Lamart Association tweet to find out. The reactions are reminiscent of the Netflix documentary Don’t Fuck Cats: The Killer Is Too Viral, while a group of netizens met all in place find a person broadcasting a video about poor helpless cats. During several years justice increasingly concerned about the welfare of animals. New laws come into force that toughen punishment for animal torturers. For cruel treatment and acts of cruelty that led to the death of an animal, as is the case in the video posted on Snapchat, the perpetrators carry 5 years in prison. prison and a fine of 75,000 euros. But animal cruelty isn’t just about cruel videos like this. Indeed, some of the “too cute” videos that abound on social media are not as adorable as this… With billions of views, animals (both domestic and wild) are sometimes psychologically abused to get videos that will melt the hearts of Internet users.
