Cruelty charges laid after animal set on fire in Orillia, Ont.

Ontario Provincial Police person arrested and charged a idiosyncratic with cruelty to animals aft an carnal was recovered connected occurrence successful downtown Orillia past month.

On Monday, Sept. 16 astir 5 p.m., Orillia OPP officers and firefighters responded to a telephone astir an carnal successful distress astatine the intersection of Colborne Street East and West Street South.

Const. Derek Tilley says officers recovered the carnal successful question and “it had intelligibly been connected fire.”

“The carnal is believed to person died by succumbing to the injuries that it received done the fire. Our officers past investigated by looking astir the country and were capable to find accelerant wrong the area,” Tilley says.

Police aboriginal received video footage of a idiosyncratic of involvement leaving the country astir 4:50 p.m.

After assistance from the public, constabulary arrested a 29-year-old antheral from Orillia and charged him with arson, mischief and cruelty to animals causing unnecessary pain, suffering oregon injury.