Pensioner arrested for eating cats
A 70-year-old man has been arrested in Brazil on suspicion of hunting and eating cats.
Elias Cassini was allegedly caught skinning a Siamese cat in the backyard of his house in Sao Paulo.
The police say they found two other dead cats in his house.
A police spokesman told Folha de Sao Paulo: "We got an anonymous phone call alerting us about Mr Cassini. The person said he was hunting all the cats in the neighbourhood."
He is reported to have said: "I do have the habit of eating cat stew and fried cat. I do that because I don't have enough money to buy food."
But Mr Cassini's family told the police he has more than enough money to support himself and that this is nothing more than a bizarre habit.
Mr Cassini will go on trial for animal cruelty and could go to prison for up to a month.
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