A 12-year-old and a 17-year-old are facing charges following a vicious attack on Buddy the cat in Philadelphia’s Frankford section.
The 17-year-old suspect came in to the Pennsylvania SPCA with a parent to address the charges on Friday afternoon.
The 12-year-old is expected to surrender on Saturday, officials said.
The dogs related to this incident have also been taken into the custody of the Pennsylvania SPCA.
“We will get to know these animals, we will learn more about them. We absolutely do not want to put any unsafe animals out into the community, but we want to make our own determination on what should happen with them, based on the situations they were put in,” said Gillian Kocher, the director of public relations for the PSPCA.
The current charges filed include felony animal fighting, felony aggravated animal cruelty and a conspiracy charge, according to the SPCA.
“While this act of cruelty was especially shocking in its intentional nature, the outpouring of support for Buddy the cat and the effort to bring the offenders to justice has been overwhelming,” said Julie Klim, CEO of the Pennsylvania SPCA.
The attack happened Tuesday morning on Granite Street.
Video shows two people walking by a home when they apparently allow two dogs to attack Buddy.
One person in the video can be heard encouraging the dogs, saying “good boy,” as the vicious attack continued.
