Chinese man ‘threw cat and dog out of 21st-floor flat’ after heated row with wife
Husband had reportedly wanted his wife to get rid of the animals because she was expecting a baby
A man in southwestern China has been accused of throwing his family pets out of his 21st-floor flat after a heated argument with his wife, according to mainland media reports.
Witnesses saw the two animals fall to their deaths from the block of flats in Chongqing’s Shapingba district on Thursday.
The man’s wife had recently become pregnant and he wanted her to get rid of the animals, The Beijing News reported.
Photos and videos widely circulated online showed the animals – a golden retriever and a cat – lying dead on the grass patch below the building as a woman sobbed in the background.
“After it happened, I saw Jack [the dog] and a cat lying on the ground,” a resident identified only by her surname Chen told the newspaper.
She claimed that the cat was pregnant and said she recognised the dog because she often saw it with the man when she was out walking her own pets.
Chen initially assumed it was an accident and immediately alerted the owner as well as the estate’s pet owners group on WeChat.
The owner did not respond to the message and would not answer the door even when residents went up to tell him about the matter, she said.