Japanese man arrested for forcing his pet cat to swim

A 59-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of abusing his pet cat by forcing it to swim in a bathtub, police in central Japan's Aichi Prefecture said Wednesday.The unemployed man had posted a photo and a video of the kitten being forced to swim on social media, the police said.The video showed the kitten swimming for one minute and 29 seconds. Because cats usually do not like water, the act by the man, Masatoshi Hosono, in June last year is considered to constitute a violation of the animal protection law, according to the investigators. They said the man denies his behavior amounted …READ FULL ARTICLE