San Antonio man who strangled kitten to death gets probation

A San Antonio man who was charged with animal cruelty after a surveillance camera captured him killing a kitten has been sentenced to five years community supervision.

Ryan Berlanga, 31, turned himself in after he was caught on camera strangling a gray-and-white tabby kitten at a Southwest Side apartment complex on Nov. 9, 2025.

Berlanga pleaded no contest to a charge of cruelty to non-livestock animals, a third-degree felony, according to court documents. He asked for probation…

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