Woman puts cat in bin on video

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Wed, 25 Aug 2010 9:02a.m.

Lola the cat

Lola the cat

British animal cruelty inspectors say they have tracked down a woman caught on closed-circuit TV tossing a cat into a rubbish bin.

Video footage captured by the cat owner's personal surveillance camera - and seen by thousands after it was posted online - shows a woman stroking four-year-old Lola before grabbing the pet by the neck and dumping it into the nearby wheelie bin in the Stoke area of Coventry in central England.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), which investigates and prosecutes cruelty cases, said Tuesday it has identified the woman and plans to interview her.

Police said they are aiding the inquiry.

According to Lola's owners, Darryl and Stephanie Mann, the cat spent 15 hours inside the bin before she was rescued.

Darryl Mann said his pet had been scared but unharmed, and said he was pleased that the woman had been tracked down.

"Hopefully the police and the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) will sort it out now," he said as he stroked rescue cat Lola.

Footage of the incident posted on social networking site Facebook received a vitriolic reaction.

Hundreds of groups have emerged on the website featuring threatening messages aimed at the woman seen in the CCTV video.

According to Sky News, some of the comments were so extreme that police on Tuesday asked Mann to close the site.

The RSPCA said that the woman had been identified, but declined to say whether she had been tracked down by a viewer who had seen the footage online.

The animal welfare charity said they were conducting their investigation in conjunction with the police, and urged the public to leave the matter to the authorities.

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07 Sep 2010 01:07p.m.

marcuslevy wrote:

"Interesting thing here is that it seems to be OK to be cruel to people, but NOT to animals."

No-one said that- There's always one ding-dong in every crowd who has to say some dumb-ass thing like that.

This woman is not "people" in general. She deserves any critisism which comes her way as she herself, was cruel.

Stop getting your knickers in a knot. And:

"it's not like she set it on fire while it was trapped in a cage. Unexplainable action? yep. Unforgiveable crime? Hells NO!Get over it"

I wonder how you would feel if some big guy came along and stuffed you in a trunk for 15 hours, and you had no idea what was going to happen next. I can only imagine the indignance...

28 Aug 2010 12:04p.m.

Cameron wrote:

Uh, yeah, she did a nasty thing to a cat for lols, yes, poor cat, yes, how could she?
Get over it and leave her alone man, it's not like she set it on fire while it was trapped in a cage. Unexplainable action? yep. Unforgiveable crime? Hells NO!
Get over it

25 Aug 2010 05:03p.m.

Anon wrote:

id like to put her in a trash bin. in about 30 pieces.

25 Aug 2010 11:41a.m.

George Flaxman wrote:

I'm from and live in the UK and I was shocked today when I saw the video footage. There is no excuse for behavour like this; but I'm sure the RSPCA will ensure appropriate action is taken against her.

25 Aug 2010 11:37a.m.

Al wrote:

Interesting thing here is that it seems to be OK to be cruel to people, but NOT to animals.

25 Aug 2010 11:04a.m.

tom wrote:

The lady is bad..I mean, if you don't like the cat, just ignore it, don't lure it with kind attention and then attempt to murder it. I am not a cat person but this lady is extremely inhuman and she needs to be thrown in jail so she can reflect on this...

25 Aug 2010 10:47a.m.

Dude wrote:

Woman needs to be slung headfirst into a trash compactor herself since that is the fate that she resigned the poor moggie too... would have no sympathy for her either when hearing her bones snap like twigs

25 Aug 2010 10:40a.m.

anonymous wrote:

if i saw the woman do this id give her a slap no matter how old she is

25 Aug 2010 10:36a.m.

Realist wrote:

This, worldwide news? It's a cat in a wheelie bin for christ's sake.

25 Aug 2010 10:04a.m.

zazzy wrote:

She's an evil woman to do that to a poor defenceless Cat. I hope she gets sacked from the bank she works at. If that had happened to my furrie Babe then I would be so angry, Steam would be coming out of my ears. She knew what she was doing and she wanted to do it. She did look around her to make sure no one was about the act of a evil woman! I hope she gets a long prison sentence an example should be made of this Person. I feel for her Father being in hostipal but no one should do that to any Cat etc. I am so glad there was CCTV or else the outcome would have been far worse, you know what I mean! And poor Lola was a rescue cat she probally would have spent half her life in a rehomeing center. What a offal thing to happen. There is no justice for Animals in this world.