Why Do Cats Torture Animals. It can also be that the mother gave birth to too many cats. Dahmer also collected animal roadkill, dissected the remains, and masturbated over the animals he had cut up.
A fourth possible situation explaining why domestic cats appear to torture prey is when a mother cat half kills a mouse and brings it back to the den for her kittens to finish off the job as a lesson in killing. By leaving a dead animal on the back porch, your cat is acting out its natural role as mother and teacher. Of course, some kids are just assholes who torture animals well beyond the age of knowing it’s wrong.