Cook County prosecutors said today that charges were upgraded against a University of Illinois at Chicago student accused of pouring boiling water over his dog last year after the pet urinated on the floor.



Bond was set at $100,000 for Kyle Voissem, 20, by Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil on the felony charge of animal cruelty.



Voissem, who is from West Allis, Wis., was arrested in December and charged then with a misdemeanor after the Anti-Cruelty Society lodged a complaint against him with police.



According to prosecutors, the UIC senior was boiling water to make macaroni and cheese for dinner at his home in the 1700 block of South Desplaines Street in mid-October when he saw his dog urinate on the floor. He threw the boiling water at the pup, causing severe burns to the animal.



The dog was described in the Anti-Cruelty Society report as a 1 ½-year-old "mountain cur mix."



The pet was put up for adoption after treatment for second-degree burns over 50 percent of its body and third-degree burns on its neck.