Halifax police have charged at least one person after a kitten was beaten to death with a golf club on Sunday. Several people, including the cat's 11-year-old owner witnessed the attack.

Few details have been released but investigators say the charge is not directly related to the death of the cat. Three other suspects are still being questioned in the case and could be charged with injuring or endangering animals, or causing unnecessary suffering.

Incidents involving animal torture have been in the news recently after police found a cat hanging by its neck in a Cole Harbour backyard last month.