The Houston SPCA rescues 9 malnourished dogs and learns of a cat set on fire in Drifting Winds in northeast Harris County.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities are searching for two juveniles who they say set a 6-week-old kitten on fire Thursday morning.

The cruel crime was captured on multiple surveillance cameras around 1 a.m. in the 12600 block of Drifting Woods Drive in northeast Harris County.

You can see the kitten running down the street engulfed in flames like a dog that a witness says belongs to one of the suspects and is chasing him.

The suspects can be heard giggling as the kitten burns.

“I heard laughing. I thought they were having a party outside or something,” Arleth Garcia said.

But when Garcia and her friend went outside, they quickly realized what they were dealing with.

“The video was terrible. I mean, that cat burned for a while and was in a lot of pain,” Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen said.

Garcia said her friend threw water on the flames and tried to tap them with clumps of grass when they failed to put out the fire.

Deputies and the SPCA took the kitten to a veterinarian, where it later had to be euthanized.

“I’ve seen people decapitate animals. I’ve seen a lot of different things. I haven’t seen a lot of animals set on fire,” Rosen said.

Garcia said she and her friend spoke to one of the suspects after the fact, but she denied any involvement.

“She just said, ‘It wasn’t me. It was not me. It was the other guy, “and this and that, and then she went back inside with the dog while the cat was still on fire,” Garcia said.

Rosen said his office has identified two suspects, apparently between the ages of 10 and 15, but has not yet spoken to them.

Acting on a tip, officers obtained a search warrant to search a home the suspects were seen entering. They kidnapped two dogs, seven puppies and a cat.

“No shelter. No water. No food,” Rosen said.

A custody hearing for the seized animals will take place next week.

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