User:Piepie/YTC
he YouTube cat abuse incident involved the posting on YouTube of a video clip in which a domestic cat, named Dusty, was beaten and tortured by a 14-year-old[1] boy calling himself "Timmy".[2] After about 30,000 viewings, this clip was removed by YouTube as a violation of their terms of service.[1] Members of the 4chan message board investigated the incident, and by extrapolating from the poster's YouTube user name and the background in the video, they identified the abuser as a teenage resident of Lawton, Oklahoma.[3] As a result of these complaints, the Comanche County Sheriff's Department investigated the incident,[4] and two suspects were arrested.[5] Dusty the Cat survived the abuse, and was placed in the care of a local veterinarian.[6] Both the assailant and the cameraman were charged with animal cruelty; as both are juveniles, punishment could include "psychological counseling, court monitoring until they turn 18, community service to provide restitution for treatment of animals, and/or placement in court custody."[7]
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- ^ a b "U.S. cat abuser punished by the internet". Russia Today. 02-16-2009. Retrieved 02-25-2009.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Watson, Leon (02-16-2009). "Sicko beats cat in YouTube clip". The Sun. Retrieved 02-25-2009.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ O'Brien, Danny (02-20-2009). "Online users stick claws into torturer". The Irish Times. Retrieved 02-25-2009.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "Comanche County teen films himself abusing cat, airs on YouTube". 02-15-2009. Retrieved 02-25-2009.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "Update: Lawton teen films himself abusing cat, posts on YouTube". 02-16-2009. Retrieved 02-25-2009.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Moore, Matthew (02-17-2009). "YouTube 'cat torturer' traced by web detectives". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 02-25-2009.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "Update: Teens face two charges of animal cruelty after posting cat abuse on YouTube". 02-17-2009. Retrieved 02-25-2009.
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