Footballer Kurt Zouma Banned from Keeping Cats in the UK
West Ham and France defender Kurt Zouma has been banned from keeping cats for five years and ordered to carry out 180 hours of community service by a London court. This comes as a punishment for kicking and slapping his pet cat in abuse caught on video.
The France defender received his sentence at Thames Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to animal abuse.
Zouma’s younger brother, Yoan, filmed the incident involving the cat and posted it on Snapchat. Yoan Zouma was ordered Wednesday to carry out 140 hours of community service in a hearing that lasted 15 minutes.
West Ham fined Zouma two weeks of salary — the maximum amount possible — when the incident came to light, but manager David Moyes continued to pick the defender to play when fit. Zouma also lost a sponsorship deal with Adidas. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals took Kurt Zouma’s two pet cats into care after the incident.
