Kurt Zouma has been fined £250,000 and had his two cats taken into the care of the RSCPA after a video of the footballer kicking one of the animals appeared online.
The animal welfare charity has announced they have taken the animals to be checked by a vet and they will remain in their care while an investigation continues.
The West Ham defender has been widely condemned after a video emerged of him dropping, kicking and slapping his pet cat.
