“As its tail burns, the cat flees in terror into the undergrowth in the woods, setting fire to everything in touches. Sicilian mobsters are setting fire to cats and sending the scurrying, burning felines into dry forests to spread the inferno in a sick scheme to make money from reforestation programs, The Times of London reported. Earlier in June, 180 forestry workers convicted of Mafia-related crimes or who were being probed for Mafia collusion were fired by Sicily regional governor Rosario Crocetta. About 14,000 acres were burned in 800 fires set during a 48-hour span earlier this month, The Daily Beast reported. In it, Reese Witherspoon's character was described as having strapped dynamite to a terminally ill cat that ran into a bank, blowing up the building.

Source: Fox News June 21, 2016 14:37 UTC