Video of alleged cat abuse under investigation by Phillipsburg authorities – lehighvalleylive.com

Phillipsburg authorities are investigating video allegedly showing a cat being abused.The video, which was shared this weekend on Facebook, appears to be a screen recording of a Snapchat Memories post. The 10-second video was posted Sunday on Facebook alleging the incident took place in Phillipsburg.In the video, a person throws a black and white cat out of a home’s window at night.“Is that the right cat,” a person offscreen is heard asking as the two people laugh before the cat is thrown.The camera pans out the window and the person offscreen says, “I think he’s fine,” before laughing and then asking, “Now what do we do?”As of Tuesday, the video had 860 views, was shared 47 times and had more than 100 comments.Michelle Crosson, animal control officer for Phillipsburg, confirmed to lehighvalleylive.com the incident is under investigation and referred questions to Phillipsburg police.Phillipsburg police Capt. Michael Swick also confirmed the incident is under investigation, but that “due to this reason there are no details which will be released at this time.”Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to lehighvalleylive.com.Sarah Cassi may be reached at scassi@lehighvalleylive.com.Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may…
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