PLYMOUTH — A northeastern Pennsylvania man accused of baiting cats with food on fishhooks is facing animal cruelty charges.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says a stray cat was found April 8 in a vacant house with three fishhooks in its mouth. The cat was treated and survived. Two other cats were spotted with fishing line coming out of their mouths.
Kenny Rowles, 27, of Plymouth was just arraigned on animal cruelty charges. He’s the man accused of “fishing for cats” by placing food on fish hooks. @WNEP pic.twitter.com/JkkcsjDdQ3
— Jessica Albert (@jessicaWNEP) May 21, 2019
A day earlier, officials said, a woman reported a neighbor holding a fishing pole on his second-floor porch saying he was about to start “fishing for cats.”
Twenty-seven-year-old Kenny Rowles of Plymouth, Luzerne County faces charges including aggravated cruelty to animals involving torture and serious bodily injury.
Court documents don’t list a defense attorney; a message left at a number listed for Rowles wasn’t immediately returned.
