User:Piepie/YTC

he YouTube cat abuse incident involved the posting on YouTube of a video clip in which a domestic cat, named Dusty, was beaten and tortured by a 14-year-old boy calling himself "Timmy". After about 30,000 viewings, this clip was removed by YouTube as a violation of their terms of service. Members of the 4chan message board investigated the incident, and by extrapolating from the poster's YouTube user name and the background in the video, they identified the abuser as a teenage resident of Lawton, Oklahoma. As a result of these complaints, the Comanche County Sheriff's Department investigated the incident, and two suspects were arrested. Dusty the Cat survived the abuse, and was placed in the care of a local veterinarian. Both the assailant and the cameraman were charged with animal cruelty; as both are juveniles, punishment could include "psychological counseling, court monitoring until they turn 18, community service to provide restitution for treatment of animals, and/or placement in court custody."