Orange County man caught on camera dumping injured cat into trash faces charges of animal cruelty A 58-year-old man accused of throwing a cat with a broken jaw and a concussion into a Mission ...

Joseph Harrison Parker, 58, has been charged with animal cruelty for throwing an injured cat into a dumpster, and the cat, BooBoo, is slowly improving after undergoing surgery.

Updated: Mar 12, 2025 / 08:22 PM PDT A man captured on surveillance cameras tossing an injured cat into a dumpster earlier this week in Orange County has been taken into custody, officials announced.