Man, 20, charged in cat-in-the-bong case

A homemade bong, consisting of a piece of garden hose attached to a duct-taped plastic box, is seen in this photo provided by the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Department in Wisconsin. A 20-year-old man is charged with animal cruelty for allegedly stuffing his cat in the box and smoking marijuana out of it. Acea Schomaker told deputies the cat had been acting hyper and that he was trying to calm her down.

OMAHA, Neb. — A man who tried to cool out his hyper cat by stuffing her into a boxlike homemade bong faces cruelty charges — and catcalls from animal lovers.

Lancaster County sheriff’s deputies responding to a domestic disturbance call Sunday alleged they saw 20-year-old Acea Schomaker smoking marijuana through a piece of garden hose attached to a duct-taped, plastic glass box in which the cat had been stuffed.