On the night of March 29, 2024, images and videos related to cat abuse by a Jiangxi Normal University student circulated online. The student affairs office said the next day that an investigation team had been formed overnight. China Youth Daily, citing CCTV News, later reported that the student Guo, a 2022 student at the Yaohu campus, kept pet cats in the dormitory and had repeatedly abused cats. The university expelled Guo for violating school rules and discipline.
From dormitory videos to a university investigation
On March 29, 2024, images and videos of cat abuse by a Jiangxi Normal University student appeared online. Reports described a male student in a dormitory kicking, beating and striking a cat with a clothes hanger. The first materials came from online posts, but the case did not remain at the level of a single screenshot: on March 30, the university confirmed that such videos and images had appeared and said it had formed an investigation team overnight.
Expulsion after confirmation
On April 13, CCTV News verified through multiple channels that the student Guo had been expelled for violating university rules. China Youth Daily reported that the investigation found Guo, a 2022 student at the Yaohu campus, had kept pet cats in the dormitory and repeatedly abused cats. The expulsion cannot erase the animals' fear and pain, but it clearly rejected repeated cruelty inside a campus.
A pet cat harmed in the most enclosed space
What makes this case especially painful is that the victim was a pet cat kept in a dormitory. It should have been under care, yet it was trapped in a closed space controlled by the abuser. Turning a small animal into an object of beating, filming and sharing is not a trivial mistake; it is contempt for life.
Beyond campus discipline
Several Chinese universities have handled animal abuse cases through discipline and public scrutiny. Such punishments are necessary, but they are not a stable substitute for clear anti-cruelty rules. This archive remembers the animals that could not call for help and records that universities have already treated animal abuse as serious misconduct.
Timeline
- 2024-03-29: Images and videos related to student cat abuse appeared online.
- 2024-03-30: The university said an investigation team had been formed overnight.
- 2024-04-13: CCTV News verified that Guo had been expelled for disciplinary violations.
- 2024-04-14: China Youth Daily reported the investigation findings and punishment.
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