2002 Japan animal cruelty case
- 2002 Japan animal cruelty case
The 2002 Japan animal cruelty case was an animal cruelty case involving the torture and death of a cat in Japan. The case was notable as Japanese animal abuse laws had previously been lax and seldom enforced.
On May 6 and May 7 2002, a 26-year old unemployed Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture man named nihongo|Jun Matsubara|松原 潤|Matsubara Jun captured a kitten in his Fukuoka neighborhood and took it into his home. Matsubara tortured the cat for four hours by cutting off its ear and tail before strangling the cat with a piece of string. Matsubara hung the cat on the string with a CD labelled "I'm a defeatist" before throwing the cat into a river. Matsubara took photographs of the torture and posted them onto 2channel. His username was "Dirlewanger". A placard seen in the final photograph reads in Japanese "Offer to the brothers of Kuromutsu in the world!! Oscar Dill". "Kuromutsu" generally refers to people that kill dogs and cats; it is used on 2ch to refer to the "I hate pets" subforum.
A poster discovered the pictures and contacted authorities, which arrested Matsubara. Matsubara was sentenced on October 21, 2002 to six months imprisonment, but the judge suspended the jail term because his privacy was violated due to the incident. [cite web|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20021022a6.html|title=Cat-killer spared after privacy 'invaded'|publisher=The Japan Times|date=2002-10-22|accessdate=2008-05-14]
The cat who died was posthumously named "Kogenta" (こげんた) by a Buddhist priest.
References
External links
* [http://tmp.2ch.net/cat/kako/1020/10206/1020694216.html 2channel threads about the abuse] (Japanese)
* [http://www.dearkogenta.com/e/ The "Dear Kogenta" website made by a man campaigning to stop animal abuse]
* [http://kogenta-site.tripod.com/index_f.shtml Himawari's Site about the Kogenta abuse case]
* [http://repulse.sakura.ne.jp/cat/cat.php A mirror of Matsubara's website. This is not work safe]
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