{"id":12300,"date":"2022-03-16T15:02:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T19:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/16\/kurt-zouma-facing-prosecutorial-proceedings-under-the-animal-welfare-act\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T15:02:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T19:02:36","slug":"kurt-zouma-facing-prosecutorial-proceedings-under-the-animal-welfare-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/16\/kurt-zouma-facing-prosecutorial-proceedings-under-the-animal-welfare-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Zouma facing prosecutorial proceedings under the Animal Welfare Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>West Ham United star center back Kurt Zouma may have a court date in his future as the Frenchman may well face prosecutorial proceedings being levied against him under the Animal Welfare Act.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/news\/kurt-zouma-west-ham-defender-to-be-prosecuted-by-rspca-under-animal-welfare-act\/jlvIJoEWfZJj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Athletic<\/a>, Zouma has come into the crosshairs of the RSPCA after a video that surfaced last month that showed the Hammers star dropping his cat from chest height, and kicking it as it hit the floor. The former Chelsea man then chased it around the living room and threw a pair of shoes at the animal before slapping it in the face.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEWS | The RSPCA have started the process of bringing a prosecution against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WHUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WHUFC<\/a> defender Kurt Zouma under the Animal Welfare Act. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o1501lrQO7\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/o1501lrQO7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Roshane Thomas (@RoshaneSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoshaneSport\/status\/1504132332168654850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A statement from the RSPCA was issued: \u201cFollowing a full and thorough investigation, we have started the process of bringing a prosecution against Kurt Zouma and Yoan Zouma under the Animal Welfare Act. The two cats continue to be cared for by the RSPCA. We will be in a position to release more information once a court date is confirmed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The player\u2019s brother, Yoan, was also named in the statement given that he was the person who uploaded the footage onto social media platform Snapchat.<\/p>\n<h2>West Ham issue pointed response<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the nature of the actions undertaken by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/chants-inflatables-and-a-banner-over-anfield-how-liverpools-fans-took-aim-at-kurt-zouma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kurt Zouma<\/a>, both the player and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/pablo-fornals-claims-it-would-be-disrespectful-if-west-ham-teammate-jarrod-bowen-fails-to-make-the-england-squad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Ham<\/a> continue to cooperate as the situation continues to unfold while also accepting a fine worth two-weeks wage.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1658364\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1658364\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1658364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1354980540-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"Kurt Zouma facing prosecutorial proceedings under the Animal Welfare Act\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1354980540-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1354980540-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1354980540-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1354980540-1536x1065.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1354980540-2048x1420.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1354980540-110x76.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1354980540-910x631.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1658364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND \u2013 NOVEMBER 20: Kurt Zouma of West Ham United during the Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Ham United at Molineux on November 20, 2021 in Wolverhampton, England. (Photo by Visionhaus\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In their own statement, West Ham showed their intention to continue to cooperate but refused to give in-depth comments citing reasons of legality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWest Ham United is aware of the RSPCA statement in relation to its investigation involving Kurt Zouma. Kurt continues to co-operate fully, supported by the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our understanding that Kurt\u2019s cats have been checked by a vet, are in good health, and have suffered no physical injuries. For legal reasons, neither Kurt nor the club will be making any further comment at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Ham United star center back Kurt Zouma may have a court date in his future as the Frenchman may well face prosecutorial proceedings being levied against him under the Animal Welfare Act. As reported by The Athletic, Zouma has come into the crosshairs of the RSPCA after a video that surfaced last month that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-12300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}