kick a cat and get locked up

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/01/10549852-man-gets-90-days-for-kicking-cat-like- A man from Chicago is being sentenced to jail for 90 days after punting a kitten like a football. Percy Love ,22, was found guilty of misdemeanor animal cruelty. The witnesses said that he took a running start and launched the cat 18 feet into the air, and after he was running around like a fool with his arms up like he had just made a game winning field goal. The cat survived and was treated for injuries shortly after. Love explained to the cops that him and his friends play like that all the time, and asked why the incident was so bad considering it was just a cat. sense the incident the cat has been adopted and has been renamed Avery, he is doing very well.
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