Two teens cited in video torture, killing of cat

[Omaha Steve]

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Published Friday March 20, 2009
Two teens cited in video torture, killing of cat

LINCOLN (AP) — Lancaster County deputies have cited two teenage boys for torturing and killing a cat, then showing a video of the incident at their high school.

Sheriff’s Capt. Ben Houchin says the two 17-year-old boys shot a farm cat they had been feeding with a bow and arrow last Friday.

Houchin says the cat survived the arrow shot, so one of the teens picked the cat up by its tail and slammed the it against a picnic table, then beat it with a log, killing the animal.

Houchin says the 14-year-old brother of one of the teens used his cell phone camera to record the beating, which was seen by several students at Waverly High School several days later.

A school counselor who learned of the video called authorities.