Facebook Video Prompts Charges For Mouse Murder

A young Caboolture, Australian woman, who filmed herself killing a live mouse and posted the footage on Facebook now faces criminal charges.

A young Caboolture, Australian woman, who filmed herself killing a live mouse and posted the footage on Facebook now faces criminal charges.

The unidentified 23-year-old captured herself using a steak knife to hack off the head of the mouse. According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), the U.K.’s leading animal welfare charity, the little creature took approximately 40 seconds to die in the grisly video, as the woman just stood by and watched.

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