A Winnipeg couple have pleaded guilty to multiple counts of animal cruelty after being arrested last year for making videos of animals being tortured and killed and selling them on a messaging app — a venture that included more than 90 animals, ranging from kittens to birds to an axolotl.

Irene Lima and Chad Kabecz were arrested in October 2024 , following an anonymous tip to Manitoba's provincial veterinarian about a Telegram group with over 100 members called Goddess May Barefoot Premium Crush, which shared and sold videos of animals being crushed to death, Crown attorney Boyd McGill told a Winnipeg court on Friday.

Police previously said the content had been posted on the dark web — online content that doesn't show up through regular searches and can only be accessed with a specia

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