BC SPCA investigators say Seidel strangled the cat, ‘Oreo’, with his bare hands. Oreo’s body was then found in a dumpster behind the building where Seidel lived.
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| Steven Seidel is accused of strangling his cat Oreo with his bare hands then discarding the animal in this Kamloops dumpster. |
“It is so disturbing to think that an innocent animal would have suffered and died under such horrifying and unnecessary circumstances,” said Marcie Moriarty, chief prevention and enforcement officer for the BC SPCA. “While nothing can undo the suffering that Oreo endured, we are satisfied that justice will be served for this poor animal.”
Seidel faces up to 18 months in jail and / or a $10,000 fine and could receive a lifetime ban on owning animals.
Sentencing will be handed down in two months.
(Global News Canada - March 20, 2014)
Earlier:
The girlfriend of a Kamloops man accused of strangling his cat to death last year testified Tuesday the animal had been peeing and defecating all over their apartment.
Moriah Smith told B.C. provincial court she and partner Steven Seidel were struggling financially and expecting a newborn when their cat Oreo started acting out.
She said the pet was urinating everywhere, including on baby supplies they were accumulating in the house.
“We couldn’t have that,” Smith said. “It wasn’t healthy for me and it wasn’t healthy for the baby.”
The couple considered handing the cat over to the SPCA but was told the organization would charge them to either euthanize Oreo or put him up for adoption.
Smith testified that she was at a doctor’s appointment in March 2013 when Seidel called and told her he’d killed the cat and put it in a dumpster.
[Please tell me Canada can forcibly sterilize someone. This POS should not be breeding any more than the POS baby daddy.]
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