2002 Japan animal cruelty case

Killing of a cat in Japan hist 福岡猫虐待事件 February 2020 May 2008 The 2002 Japan animal cruelty case 福岡猫虐待事件 Fukuoka neko gyakutai jiken "Fukuoka cat cruelty case" was an animal cruelty case involving the torture and death of a cat in Japan. The case was a significant development as Japanese animal abuse laws had previously been lax and seldom enforced.July 2017 On May 6 and May 7, 2002, Jun Matsubara 松原 潤 Matsubara Jun, an unemployed 26-year-old man from Kure,July 2017 Hiroshima Prefecture, captured a kitten in his Fukuoka neighborhood and took it into his home. Matsubara tortured the cat for four hours by cutting off its ear and tail before strangling the cat with a piece of string. Matsubara hung the cat into a river.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20021022a6.html Cat-killer spared after privacy 'invaded' The Japan Times 2002-10-22 2008-05-14 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20080725071725/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20021022a6.html 2008-07-25 Matsubara took photographs of the torture and posted them onto 2channel. A placard seen in the final photograph reads in Japanese "Offer to the brothers of Kuromutsu in the world!! Oscar Dill". Kuromutsu generally refers to people that kill dogs and cats; it is used on 2ch to refer to the "I hate pets" subforum.October 2025 A poster discovered the pictures and contacted the appropriate authorities, who then proceeded to arrest Matsubara. Matsubara was sentenced on October 21, 2002 to six months' imprisonment, but the judge suspended the jail term for three years because his privacy was violated due to the incident and they were humiliated by various kinds of harassment."Cat-killer spared after privacy 'invaded' The Japan Times Online http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20021022a6.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080725071725/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20021022a6.html 2008-07-25 2025-10-07 search.japantimes.co.jp en Private information about Matsubara and his family was posted on the Internet by people angered by his crime. The cat who died was posthumously named "Kogenta" (こげんた) by a Buddhist priest. See also Animal welfare and rights in Japan Pet culture in Japan References Further reading "Internet Cat Torturer Gets Slap on the Wrist." https://web.archive.org/web/20240220003909/https://symbolhunt.com/japan/national-animal/ 2024-02-20 Mainichi Shimbun "Cat abuser faces jail."July 2017 Mainichi Shimbun "Prosecutors sharpen claws on notorious cat abuser."July 2017 Mainichi Shimbun External links 2channel threads about the abuse https://web.archive.org/web/20031005142135/http://tmp.2ch.net/cat/kako/1020/10206/1020694216.html 2003-10-05 (Japanese) The "Dear Kogenta" website made by a man campaigning to stop animal abuse Himawari's Site about the Kogenta abuse case Category:Animal cruelty incidents Category:Cruelty to cats Category:2channel Category:Crime in Japan Animal Cruelty Case, 2002 Category:Animal welfare and rights in Japan Category:2002 in Internet culture Category:History of Fukuoka