A Pennsylvania man was arrested for injecting a kitten with heroin before choking it with a rope and slamming it to the ground, police said.
James Paul Myers, 24, was cuffed after a police officer spotted the man standing near the bleeding kitten outside his car parked in the middle of a West Whiteland Township street early Sunday, WCAU-TV reported.
The cop noticed the kitten, which had a rope tied around its neck, was bleeding from the face and had several teeth knocked out, the news station reported.
Myers allegedly spray painted a graphic message next to the kitten, which appeared as if it had been dragged and slammed to the ground several times, police said.
Cops searched Myers’ car and found a stash of heroin along with hundreds of used bags of the drug and 46 hypodermic needles.
The kitten — believed to be between 2 and 3 months old — was taken to the HOPE Veterinary Clinic in Malvern, where doctors determined it had been given heroin.
A vet treated the kitten, now named Hope, with an antidote typically given to humans suffering drug overdoses.
The kitten was recovering Wednesday.
“I would think in the next few days or a week or so (it will) be back to nearly a normal kitten, up and ready for a permanent home,” Dr. Gary Puglia told the local NBC affiliate.
Myers was booked on cruelty to animals and other drug-related charges.
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