Upper Darby women arrested for animal cruelty videos on Youtube
Upper Darby Women Arrested for Youtube Videos Promoting Animal Cruelty
Police have convicted an Upper Darby woman Wednesday on cruelty charges in relation to her online videos in which she tortured and killed multiple animals.
According to court documents, Anigar Monsee, 29, was found guilty by a Delaware County jury on four counts of aggravated cruelty to animals. Upper Darby police arrested her in January of 2024 after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals alerted them to a series of videos she streamed live on YouTube.
In those videos, she slowly tortured a rabbit, pigeon, chicken and other animals to death in her kitchen, with the intent to gain exposure on social media, as she began asking her followers for likes. In the original criminal complaint, police said Monsee “prolonged the torture by stopping to read and respond to comments” from viewers on her live stream.
“Once she got, I guess in her opinion, the appropriate amount or the desired amount of likes and viewers over the period of 10 minutes, she harmed the chicken until she ultimately killed it,” said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt. “How do you get in the frame of mind to do that to an animal? I just, I really can’t wrap my head around it.”
Animal rights advocates were in favor of the decision in Monsee’s case. “The guilty verdict on all four counts against Anigar Monsee sends a powerful message: there is no excuse for animal abuse,” said Carol Lutter, an organizer with animal rights group Revolution Philadelphia. “Justice was served today for the innocent victims of this horrific cruelty.”
Monsee’s sentencing is scheduled for July 17. She faces up to seven years behind bars and a $15,000 dollar fine.
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