Sign Petition: 'Man Stretched Girlfriend's Cat, Severing Head From Spine"
Animal Victory.org
April 1, 2026
QUEENS, N.Y. -- A sickening crime in Queens claimed the life of an innocent cat named Kitty.
Kitty, who belonged to the girlfriend of 23-year-old Jalen Gonzales, suffered one of the most gruesome, gut-wrenching deaths imaginable.
A crime so horrific that Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said, "This animal endured one of the most gratuitously violent deaths that we have ever seen in the borough of Queens."
Amazingly, despite the extraordinarily violent nature of this crime, what he did to Kitty is not considered a violent crime.
Crimes involving direct harm or threats to people, like armed robbery or serious assault, are classified as violent and allow judges to set bail.
But even extreme acts of animal cruelty are not classified the same way under current law.
On March 31, Gonzales was arraigned on charges including aggravated animal cruelty, criminal mischief, attempted assault, and harassment.
Because these charges are not bail-eligible under New York law, he was released and ordered to return to court on July 21.
If convicted, he faces up to two years in jail.
The purpose of this petition is two-fold.
We want Gonzales to face the maximum sentence for his charges, and we want to see broad reform of the New York law that allowed him to walk free.
Please sign now. Get justice for Kitty and help Animal Victory push for broad reform to have cruel incidents like this be considered "extreme violence" under the law.
https://animalvictory.org/petition/man-stretched-girlfriends-cat-severing-head-from-spine-system-lets-him-walk-free/
(The story is graphic. The images are not. Click link to sign without reading. Just write your name and email)
More + Video:
https://queensda.org/woodhaven-man-arraigned-on-animal-cruelty-charges-for-stretching-former-girlfriends-cat-to-death/
Information on the proposed new bill:
https://nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S5654
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