A man has been handed a ban from keeping pets after CCTV footage showed him beating his own cat cat. Artur Zakowicz reached out to the tiny black and white creature close to his home and then grabbed him and shook him.
The incident, which took place on Charles Street in Chester, was the basis of a prosecution brought against the 46-year-old man by the RSPCA. The clip, from March 24, is distressing.
Zakowicz is seen grabbing the cat, called Bashik, by his skin and slapping him violently six times with his hand while pushing him to the ground. He then picked him up roughly by the skin on his back before the pet managed to escape, reports CheshireLive.
