{UAH} COOKING CATS CAN BE VEEERY BAD THING

Edmonton man gets 10 months for mutilating, cooking cat

 

Published Wednesday, October 8, 2014 8:35AM EDT

An Edmonton man has been sentenced to 10 months behind bars for stealing a cat, mutilating it, and then cooking it.

Zachary McKinnon, 19, pleaded guilty in July to charges of theft and animal cruelty after stabbing a 16-year-old cat named Pudge.

CTV Edmonton's Veronica Jubinville reported that family members of the cat sobbed in court as lawyers detailed the gruesome actions.

Zachary McKinnon appears in court. The 19-year-old Edmonton man was sentenced to 10 months in jail for mutilating and cooking a cat.

"He was like my brother basically. Losing him was like losing a brother and it's like I'm missing half of myself now," Pudge's owner Derek North told CTV Edmonton on Tuesday.

McKinnon and two other teens admitted to stealing the cat and stabbing it to death. The court heard that the cat was dismembered and put in a skillet to cook. Fire crews discovered the scene after the small blaze was reported in the ravine where it happened.

They arrived to find McKinnon and the two other teens there, along with the cat’s remains and bloody scissors.

McKinnon had previously lived with the family that owned the cat. The court heard McKinnon thought one of the family members stole his iPad, so he decided to steal the cat out of revenge.

McKinnon addressed the family in court and said, "Nothing I did that day was okay… Nothing I did that day was right… I stand here and ask for your forgiveness and offer my deepest apologies."

In addition to the sentence, McKinnon can't own a cat for 10 years.

The two other teens also charged with animal cruelty are Wednell Mack Mah, 18, and a 14-year-old boy who can't be identified. Mah will be in court in January.

With reports from CTV Edmonton's Veronica Jubinville

 

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