PORTLAND (AP) — Two teenage girls have denied felony animal cruelty charges for allegedly putting an 8-week-old kitten in a microwave and turning it on.
The South Portland girls, who were 15 when they were charged in September, told a judge Thursday that they understood the charges and entered the juvenile equivalent of an adult not guilty plea.
The kitten survived and has since been adopted.
The girls’ attorney said they had had no intention of harming the cat, which was in the microwave for just a few seconds.
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