Caught on video: 2 sought after dogs attack neighborhood cat in Philadelphia

The incident occurred Tuesday morning on Granite Road within the metropolis’s Frankford part.

Video shows two individuals strolling by a house once they seemingly enable two canine to assault a neighborhood cat named Buddy.

One particular person within the video might be heard encouraging the canine, saying “good boy” because the vicious assault continued.

“There’s a sound heard on the video that signifies they’re encouraging the canine. That continues till a resident of 1 property comes out and sees what’s taking place and all people makes an attempt to tug the canine off the cat,” mentioned Nicole Wilson, the PSPCA’s director of humane legislation enforcement.

The Pennsylvania SPCA says the six or seven-year-old cat suffered critical inner accidents. He at present has a 50% likelihood of survival.

Authorities say the suspects face critical felony prices since animal legal guidelines have been strengthened in Pennsylvania over the previous seven years.

“Subsequent to Libre’s Regulation passing, crimes like this are felonies. At any time when you might be placing one other animal on an animal — that is animal preventing,” mentioned Wilson.

Anybody with details about this assault is requested to name the group’s cruelty hotline instantly, 866-601-7722 or cruelty@pspca.org. Ideas might be left anonymously.