TWO Philadelphia teens were facing charges today after they stuffed a kitten into a microwave oven and threw the unit out a third story window, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

The cat, who was not microwaved but who sustained cuts and bruises in the fall, was rescued when a neighbour saw the appliance flying through the air, the report said.

The teens, aged 15 and 16, were facing misdemeanour charges of willfully and maliciously torturing an animal, the Philadelphia Inquirer said.



The duo, who found the months-old stray kitten over the weekend, shot video of the incident on a mobile phone.

The kitten was turned over to the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA) where staffers there dubbed him "Tostino".

A spokeswoman for the PSPCA said Tostino would remain under observation before being put up for adoption.

Read more at the Philadelphia Inquirer.