There petition which demanded “exemplary justice” has accumulated nearly 43,000 signatures since the events. The 47-year-old man arrested in a drunken state in Nice last July, while dragging a cat behind his bike, was sentenced to six months in prison this Wednesday.
Prosecuted for “serious abuse or acts of cruelty to a domestic animal”, he was also given a permanent ban from keeping one, but also from exercising a profession related to animals.
Thirty mentions on his criminal record
On November 21, the prosecution requested a heavier sentence of eight months in prison. This man, who already had thirty mentions on his criminal record and “who has a problem with alcohol” according to Nice morningwas absent at the hearing.
The affair aroused great emotion last summer. The feline, attached to the two-wheeler by a string, had seriously injured its paws. His pads had been burned by contact with the asphalt. After the events, he was taken in by the Au service des animals 06 association, which itself entrusted him to a foster family.