The viral claim about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, has garnered millions of views on X.
Officials in Springfield, Ohio , said Monday they have not received any credible reports of Haiti an immigrants abducting and eating pets, despite viral claims on social media that have been amplified by Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance and others. References to the claim, which allege Haiti an migrants have been eating cats, as well as ducks and geese, have garnered millions of views on X, with Vance's X post racking up 4 million views alone, as of Monday evening.
In the Facebook post, a person says a neighbor's daughter's friend lost her cat and later found it hanging from a branch near a Haitian neighbor's house, according to the Springfield News-Sun. Screenshots of the post have been circulating on X and other platforms, racking up thousands of likes and views. The post appears to be in a private Facebook group; CBS News has not been able to independently verify the authenticity of the post.
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