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The History of Cat Torture in Europe
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The French have historically hated cats, and in Ypres, Belgium, they once held an event called Cattenstot, where drunken townsfolk threw cats from the top of a church and lit them on fire. A young girl grew up witnessing animal abuse and expressing her concern starting at age five.

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