Animal cruelty: High school teacher buries 4 kittens alive, bc he thought it was a mercy - TomoNews

A male high school teacher at a school in Chiba, Japan was accused of burying 4 newborn kittens alive at the school. Police arrested and charged him with animal cruelty. According to the teacher, he came across a litter of newborn kittens. One of the kittens had already died and the teacher said he considered caring for the remaining 4, but decided that they’d probably die anyway. The teacher summoned 3 students from his homeroom class and told them to dig a hole in the ground. He said he didn’t explain why he wanted the students to dig the hole and waited for the students to depart before dumping the entire litter of kittens into the shallow grave. The teacher then filled in the grave, burying the 4 kittens alive. Later the school received a complaint from one of the parents who said their child had witnessed the teacher burying the kittens. The teacher was then reported to the police and the remains of the kittens were removed off the school campus. The teacher has been charged with 4 counts of animal cruelty.