Kitten killer of Hangzhou
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A Chinese woman, identified as Wang Jeu, a 37-year-old nurse in the Luobei People’s Hospital, who crushed a kitten with a stiletto shoe, dubbed as the kitten killer of Hangzhou by the media, featured on a video which spread on the internet in early 2006. The video created a huge outrage among animal rights activists and people in both China and around the world.
In the video, the woman gently caresses the kitten, then puts it down on the ground and then stomps and impales it with the sole and stiletto of the shoe.
The location where the video was shot was identified to be somewhere in Hangzhou. The video was shot in the summer of 2005.
[edit] Reactions
The Chinese media launched a successful hunt for the woman. The woman was tracked down to a small town called Hegang, located in Heilongjiang province in northern China. The producer was identified as Li Yuejun, a cameraman working for Luobei Television. Although he is a cameraman, he stated in his apology which was posted on the website of the district, that he was not behind the camera. According to Li, a person living in Jilin province offered him to produce the video.
The video created an uproar throughout China, and as a result the website was closed and Wang Jue, a nurse from northeast China's Heilongjiang province, was tracked down and fired from her job.
While issuing her apology, Wang also said she had been persuaded into performing the bizarre act at a time, following a divorce, when she had trouble finding out what to do with her life, the paper said.
The incident has shown the lack of animal welfare laws in China, which has lead to demands for making such laws.
[edit] External links
- Just who is the glamorous kitten killer of Hangzhou? - From Telegraph.co.uk
- Cat stomper found to be nurse - from Shanghai Daily
- MuseumOfHoaxes.com investigation
- The meow murderess brought to heel - from DNA India
