A 59-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly left a mother and her kittens to die by placing them in a kennel, screwing it shut, placing the cage inside a plastic bag and throwing it in the garbage.
Jerry Hardy, of Franklin Township, is charged with seven counts of animal cruelty.
Authorities were alerted on Sept. 13 after a passerby heard meowing coming from the trash bag and called the Portage County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies and members of the Portage Animal Protective League responded to the scene. Inside the crate, they found a mother kitten and eight kittens. One of the kittens had already died. The others were infested with fleas and worms and were extremely underweight.
Man charged for throwing cat and kittens in garbage, leaving them to die
A 59-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly left a mother and her kittens to die by placing them in a kennel, screwing it shut and placing the cage inside a plastic bag and throwing it in the garbage.
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