{
  "id": 1257692,
  "title": "Hong Kong boy, 14, arrested for animal cruelty after badly injured cat dies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/hong-kong-boy-14-arrested-for-animal-cruelty-after-badly-injured-cat-1257692",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T10:54:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3364188/hong-kong-boy-14-arrested-animal-cruelty-after-badly-injured-cat-dies"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A 14-year-old Hong Kong boy has been arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after bringing a badly injured cat that later died to a clinic for treatment. Police said on Sunday that they received a report from an employee of a veterinary clinic in Cheung Sha Wan at 6.25pm on August 10, suspecting that a cat had been ill-treated. “The informant said a 14-year-old boy had brought a cat for…",
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