Girl on cruelty charges after posting kitten drownings

THE RSPCA and police are investigating after reports a teenager, believed to have grown up in Townsville but now living in Bundaberg, drowned three kittens and uploaded the sickening video to social media.

The highly disturbing footage appears to have been shared on social messaging platform Snapchat, with a caption over the clips that appears to say “drowning them”.

The vision is similar to that posted by Luka Magnotta, one of Canada’s most infamous murders who was the focal point in Netflix documentary Don’t F--k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer.

The woman accused of drowning the kittens then sends messages to her friends about the incident, saying: “Newborns, we can’t have any more cats.

“Do it while they’re young.” A friend then pleads with the woman to give the cats away on Facebook or take them to the RSPCA.

The accused then replies: “They won’t be able to live for six weeks without their mums, you can’t even get rid of a cat until six weeks old.”

The friend pleads once more, telling the accused that the kittens would be taken care of by the RSPCA.

But then the accused makes a chilling statement: “Either way, I got paid to do it, wouldn’t do it to my own cats.”

Another social media post sees the accused stating: “Yes, I killed them, why? Who gives a f---?”

Detectives from the Bundaberg Child Protection and Investigation Unit, investigating the alleged online video involving the three kittens, have charged a 17-yearold Millbank girl with breach of duty of care of animal by failing to provide under the Animal Care and Protection Act.

The teenager will be dealt with under the Youth Justice Act.

RSPCA spokesman Michael Beatty said the group was aware of the incident, and said it was important anyone with information on cruel acts contacted the RSPCA.