[MAIL] A couple is facing charges after they were filmed torturing a small kitten while swimming at a local beach - throwing the helpless animal feet in the air like a pool toy and into the shoulder-deep water.
Human domestication, why does it hate us.
When approached by outraged onlookers, the suspects, 27-year-old John Laguerre and Jamarria Wayne, 22 - joked and demanded $1,000 from the Good Samaritans just to stop.
The incident transpired late last month in Miami and saw both suspects arrested by officers on the sands of scenic Sunny Isles Beach - but not before resisting arrest and even almost biting one of the officers.
The entire altercation was caught on camera by one beachgoer, and shows the suspects repeatedly tossing the animal much to the horror of other beachgoers.
The kitten, pictured clinging to life after the ordeal, thankfully survived, but was on the verge of death when police intervened, police said.
Both suspects have since been bonded out, with Wayne charged with two felony counts of battery and attempted battery on a police officer and resisting arrest, while Laguerre was hit with resisting arrest and animal cruelty - both misdemeanors.
Following their arrest, the pair failed to return to retrieve their pet - spurring one of the feline's saviors to step up and adopt the animal. |