A five-month-old kitten named Nabi suffered a spinal fracture, partial lung collapse and paralysis in its rear legs after its owner allegedly threw it against a wall because he was trying to sleep and the animal was making too much noise. Doctors said the injuries were irreversible, and the kitten was euthanized. The owner, Beion Crespo Rimando, now faces a felony animal cruelty charge.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Metropolitan Police Department received a call on Oct. 9 for Clark County Animal Protection Services at Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Hospital near Tropicana Avenue and Durango Drive. Police identified Rimando as the man who had brought Nabi to the hospital after noticing the kitten could not walk, according to the police report described in the newspaper’s reporting. Rimando told veterinary staff he had thrown his five-month-old kitten against a wall, the paper reported.
Nabi’s injuries were extensive. Along with the spinal fracture and dislocation and the partial lung collapse, the kitten had bleeding from its nostril and visible blood in its left eye, according to the same account. Doctors reported that Nabi had sustained irreversible trauma and recommended euthanasia, and the kitten was ultimately put down.
Arrest Came Weeks After the Kitten’s Death
Rimando was not taken into custody until Nov. 5, when officers encountered him after he agreed to meet them about a different matter, per the report. Police took him into custody after seeing him leave a Las Vegas-area apartment that day, and he was booked at the Clark County Detention Center…