The suspects, both of whom are in their 20’s, were stopped by patrolling Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies behind closed businesses.
Upon examining the suspects’ car, the deputies found narcotics, as well as a cat who was “buried upside-down in a cat carrier.”
The deputies found that the cat’s individual paws were bound with electrical tape, and then both of the cat’s front and rear legs were also bound together.
Deputies said the cat was “meowing loudly in discomfort” and deputies worked as quickly as they could to untie its paws.
The suspects told deputies they had bound the cat’s paws so it would stop scratching.
The cat was then taken to the Antelope Valley Animal Shelter for an examination and could be put up for adoption very soon.
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