A man who said he was training his cats to be samurai is now facing felony charges in Douglas County. "That's just not normal thinking or behavior to torture animals like that," said Steve Glandt, the vice president of field operations for the Nebraska Humane Society. According to the arrest warrant, the investigation started July 20 with a call from Advantage Plumbing off of Wenninghoff Road. The caller described a cat outside their front door as being tied up and tortured. An animal control investigator stated the deceased cat had "all four legs bound with a black nylon cloth," that the head of the cat appeared to have severe blunt force trauma, and "both eyeballs had ruptured from the sockets." The cat was registered and microchipped to Kenneth Vogt, 24. A second call came on July 20 from Miller Park, about five miles away. According to investigators, the cat had both legs bound with a rope, a piece of black stretchy nylon wrapped around its neck, and it was suffocating. "It was kind of wedged between a fence and rock wall," Glandt said. "I don't know how easy it was to see, but fortunately some people did and tried to save it."The cat was saved after receiving medical care from NHS and transferred to another facility for adoption. It was also registered to Vogt. "Kind of makes your skin crawl that somebody like this is living in our community and walking among us," Glandt said. After a two-plus month investigation and several interviews, an arrest warrant was issued for Vogt last week. According to the warrant, Vogt initially told investigators the two cats escaped through his apartment door and a third cat was hit by a car earlier in the year. A search warrant turned up black nylon material, which Vogt told investigators was pantyhose, and a rope that appeared to have been cut in his apartment, along with numerous cat items. "Investigators found the same or very similar materials that both cats had been bound with," Glandt said. According to the arrest warrant, Vogt admitted to tying ropes to their legs and stomachs because "I was training my cats to be samurai, it's like a workout, so that's what I did," but didn't admit to the killing. He said the ropes were used for resistance and muscle building and that it was something he had seen in anime. "It's disturbing that there's somebody who has a thought process that would do something like this," Glandt said. Also during the investigation, authorities made contact with Vogt's ex-girlfriend, who said she filed a protection order against Vogt in June. According to her, the two dated almost five years ago, but he would find ways to locate and harass her. She said he sent a message this summer wanting to "take her eyeballs." Vogt was arrested Saturday by the Omaha Fugitive Task Force. He's been charged with two felonies and on Monday was given a $50,000 bond. His next court date is Nov. 4.