The South Portland girls kept the cat in the oven for a short time

Sep 12, 2013 17:01 GMT  ·  By

Two teenagers hitting Twitter with a cat microwaving video will be charged with animal cruelty.

Perhaps they have just been trying to find out what happens to a small animal once it is hit by microwaves. Authorities don't get it though, and they have slapped the pair with formal charges.

The 15-year-old South Portland High School students will be taken to court over the short clip of them trying to cook the animal.

I guess it's not that difficult to imagine that keeping the kitten there for a longer time would kill it. The local Animal Rescue League have taken the feline away and it is now in a shelter in South Portland.

“She’s eating normally, she seems to be in fine shape,” spokesperson Lynne McGee describes, as relayed by Inquisitr.