Nico Dauphiné, the National Zoo researcher and “Apocalypse Meow” author who was arrested and accused of poisoning feral cats around Meridian Hill Park earlier this year, was found guilty on animal cruelty charges in D.C. Superior Court today.

Nico Dauphiné, the National Zoo researcher who allegedly set out food laced with rat poison and antifreeze to kill off the population of feral cats which lingers around Meridian Hill Park, had the chance to defend herself in court yesterday.

This morning, we told you about a researcher at the National Zoo who stands accused of poisoning feral cats near Meridian Hill Park. The commentariat proceeded to explode. And people are noticing!

Washingtonians who have spent any time in the area around Meridian Hill Park can tell you that there are a bunch of feral cats roaming around. Police believe that Nico Dauphiné, a researcher at the National Zoo, decided to do something about it.

A 30-year-old D.C. man was arrested last night and charged with animal cruelty after he allegedly struck a three-month-old kitten named Tyra in the skull with a broomstick. Ronnie Melson, who was visiting a friend at a home on the 1200 block of Howison Place SW, when the kitten would not move off the couch. He then went to the kitchen, grabbed a broom, and struck the animal. Melson told Washington Humane Society investigators that…