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A North Bay man charged with animal cruelty has been found guilty and sentenced to two years probation and a decade-long prohibition on living with or owning any animal.

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Cassidy “Marcus” Beaucage, 20, was charged after a post on social media showed three youths forcing a kitten to breathe cannabis by trapping it in a sleeping bag and filling the bag with smoke. He was found guilty on March 6 of causing an animal to be in distress.

“A video had been posted on social media of three young individuals restraining a kitten in a sleeping bag,” said Ontario SPCA Inspector Nicole Driscoll in a press release.

“These individuals continued to blow marijuana and tobacco smoke into the sleeping bag, and ultimately the kitten’s face, repeatedly.”