Cruelty to animals must stop, says vet

Kittens are being tortured in the streets of Kaikoura, in a disturbing trend of "senseless animal cruelty" in the area.

Local vet Rob Bruning says some kittens have been buried alive and some thrown against walls, and a teenager was found beating a calf around the head.

Mr Bruning said an incident in Wellington last week, when two kittens were almost tortured to death by four children under the age of six, was tame compared to what was happening in Kaikoura.

The six-week-old Wellington kittens were repeatedly thrown into the swimming pool and onto the ground for more than an hour and a half, but in Kaikoura, days and weeks of "far worse crimes" were happening, Mr Bruning said. MORE>>

So were these kids summarily shot?

Dogs, by way of collective reputation, may well have learned to protect themselves! ;-)

Where the furk are the parents of these bloody kids...