• CCTV: Woman who put cat in bin offered police protection

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What a stupid cow. Everyone knows its the grey bin for cats, the green ones are for non-recyclable material.

- Matt, Islington, 26/08/2010 21:34
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And we can't even send her to coventry. She lives there.

- Alex, London, 26/08/2010 16:54
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see the cat get its revenge at www.mercia.co.uk/cat

- coventry.thunder, coventry, 26/08/2010 16:53
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People who tut-tut about the state of modern Britain after this incident don't know much history.

Anyone who thinks cruelty to animals is a symptom of rotten present-day standards of behaviour should be aware that a National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was needed as long ago as 1824. It became the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 1840 when the young Queen Victoria granted a royal warrant.

Incidentally, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children wasn't founded until 1894 - 70 years later - growing out of the London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, formed in 1884. And it doesn't have the distinction of being "Royal".

I reckon people will draw their own conclusions about Victorian attitudes to animals and children - and whether attitudes have actually changed very much since then.

In the recent cat incident, the only modern aspects are the wheelie-bin, the CCTV and Facebook!

- Mike, Cardiff UK, 26/08/2010 14:56
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It's one way to be catapulted in to the headlines.

I wonder when she will be included in the best book and video catalogue? When asked she apparently responded,"Who me,how?" Just purr-fect!

- Fluffy, Planet Tiddles, 26/08/2010 10:36
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We can all make light of it, or make jokes but at the end of the day, what she did is SICK. It wasn`t a moment of madness, if you watch she looked around, thought about it and then did it. Who knows what premeditated cruelty she has administered before, I doubt this was the first time she has done something like this. She is sorry she got caught, she is not sorry she did it and that is clear from her initial response of "it is only a cat". I hope they charge her and make an example of her.

- Nickspurs, London, 26/08/2010 10:19
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I tried to resist it but I couldn’t. I am guilty of watching it again today.
..Still the tears flow from my laughing eyes.

Today couldn’t help notice the rather apt sponsored ‘cat litter advertisement link’ on the right of the video.

Could anyone possibly comment seriously without laughing about this ad?

Maybe David from Battersea would care to comment.

..Meanwhile I’ll try and find the link between the Pakistan floods and a cat dumped into a bin.

- Max, London, 26/08/2010 09:50
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Why hasn't she been charged? She has admitted the crime , why does there need further investigation(more cost)?

- Tojo, Hythe Kent, 26/08/2010 09:40
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The woman got caught on the modern device of a cctv camera.
she is as a lot of people have said a sad and prob. lonely woman.
She had a mad moment of imaturity, she may even be of an imature nature.
the owner of the cat has said it's enough,little did she know when placing the clip into public domain what horrific reactions would come oozing out of the darkness.
some of the persons and their comments are far, far more distastful than this silly woman's actions.
we have a much loved female tabby, we got her as a kitten in 1992, yes, she is that old, and loved and has become bagpuss, and is still healthy and active, she has given far, far more than we give her....but those who have never had a much loved animal in thier midst, cannot understand.
and so I declare the silly season of news over, just as it appears is our summer here in London.

- richard shawcross, london. England, 26/08/2010 08:02
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Guys. Be polite to eachother. It is a Wheelie Bin in England, and a Garbage Can in America and Israel. Both are quite amusing names really.
What I note here is that our American commentator was just making a polite lingual observation and received rudeness from all the way down there in New South Wales. A bit unnecessary?

Anyway, this is a different CAT-egory of conversation, and I think you two should show no hard FELINEs toward eachother....

- Andrew, Tel Aviv, Israel, 26/08/2010 07:02
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- RonnieC, Lumberton,NJ,USA, 25/08/2010 20:19

As a non American I find the term 'United States' very funny.... and 'wheelie bin'? well a bin with wheels if you did not understand.

- Richard Merrell, Wentworth Falls, NSW Australia, 25/08/2010 23:30
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It's well known that this is how Hitler started.

- Norwood Johnson, So. No., 25/08/2010 14:18

Well, if she invades Poland, you can say "I told you so."

- RonnieC, Lumberton,NJ,USA, 25/08/2010 20:38
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As a non-Brit, I find the term "wheelie-bin" very funny.

- RonnieC, Lumberton,NJ,USA, 25/08/2010 20:19
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It's still funny no matter what people say.

- Max, London, 25/08/2010 13:41

Yeah and I expect your laughing at all the people drowning in Pakistan, your a waster.

- David, Battersea, 25/08/2010 19:29
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What on earth are people going on about, Sti's, pakistani floods, personally i could not care about either.Shock horror how dare i write such a thing,alas if i ever see a human mistreating my cat, i will probably spend the rest of my life in prison

- Leonard Lillywhites, Tottenham, 25/08/2010 19:23
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It's still funny no matter what people say.

- Max, London, 25/08/2010 13:41


Er why? Max I bet your the sort who laughs at any joke even if its not funny, just to follow everyone else, you sound a weir-do, please post your address and we'll send the dogs around.

- David, Battersea, 25/08/2010 15:49

I said quote:"it's still funny no matter what people say". And I've watched it again.

- Max, London, 25/08/2010 19:02
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who let the cat out...

huh ho the cat's out now...
what a cat astrophe
I guess the woman was being catty
cat held in bin for 15 mehours

wonder if it needs to be humanscanned

if you lay your head on a cat does it become a cat-a-pillar?

oh dear everyone seems to be having kittens over the cat
where the hell is dr zeus when you need him?
and why dont everyone get annoyed about him with his imprisoned cats in his blinkin enormous hat? tell me that?

- a Catalogue of errors, UK, 25/08/2010 18:36
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karenf, still completely missing the point!

If you can't raise any sympathy for a mistreated animal then there's not really much point in you bleating about more important issues, or aborted babies, because your sense of righteousness and humanity obviously doesn't extend to that which YOU deem irrelevant!

If you are prepared to say "IT'S ONLY A CAT!!!" then you're undermining your righteous indignation over other "more important" issues. You are legitimising other people's right to be equally dismissive, whether it be about another human being, another creature or one of the more important issues you are so up in arms about.

We all recognise that "IT'S ONLY A CAT!!!" but, unlike you, our humanity and sense of what's right extends even to the seemingly irrelevant. That does not mean we aren't equally outraged by the bigger issues. But it certainly proves that we are far more benevolent, compassionate and full of good sentiments than you ever will be!

- Sam, Battersea, London, 25/08/2010 18:10
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She is a very cruel person to do this to a defenceless cat she stroked. It did actually trust her when she stroked it. The poor cat was a rescued cat already so may have suffered in the past before finding kind owners. Let her receive whatever punishment the
RSPCA decide.

- Angela, Essex, 25/08/2010 17:35
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"Woman puts cat in a bin (cat unharmed)= 62 comments

London worst in UK as sex diseases increase = 1 comment.

Get a grip people!"

- W6, London

But what do you want us to say about the other article that hasn't been said before?

If people are being promiscuous, not using protection or are still unaware of STI's despite the widespread media campaigns and sex education then there's not much we can do about it.

Personally, I'm sick of hearing about the rise of teen pregnancy or STI contraction. We've debated the causes and effects to death over many years, and it's about time people started taking responsibility for their own actions rather than looking to the government, the NHS, the education system etc etc to protect them from themselves!

This, however, is a curiosity of a news story which is unlikely to arise again. It's sparked interest in the woman, her mentality and her motives; has sparked sympathy for a poor mistreated creature; and sparked a lively debate about how we compare the rights of an innocent creature versus a malicious human being.

I'd much rather debate the ramifications of an anomalous incident such as this than cover the same old ground, getting nowhere, on an issue that has been debated to death. And I'm sure lots of people feel the same.

- Stevo, London, 25/08/2010 17:29
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Stevie G still talking a load of bull!!!! I bet you wouldn't get all upset if you knew that aborted babies are put in bins everyday by hospital staff. Oh no, that's right, they're not cats!!!!

- karenf, london, 25/08/2010 17:11
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Hey don't forget Top Cat lived in a bin and popped out when his mates turned up with the line 'ok TC ?' er yes i am showing my age i guess , ha .

- Rory, London, 25/08/2010 17:04
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A powerless, lonely, middle-aged spinster wanted to vent on something more vulnerable than herself.

Unfortunately for her, in her moment of spite she got caught. Let her make a donation to some animal charity and that should be an end to the matter.

Don't do it again!

- Frank, Home Counties, England., 25/08/2010 16:45
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Why aren't those who threatened her being prosecuted for assault?
- overtaxed, Farnham UK, 25/08/2010 16:06

Errr, because they haven't assaulted her perhaps. Your name - does it refer to when you think?

- Rob, London, 25/08/2010 16:35
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I don't want to put this woman in a bin, I want to give her the Cat O nine tails. Cats 1 Humans (Humane? No) 0 If someone had put a child in a bin the comments would still be the same. This story will run and run.

- David, Totland Bay, 25/08/2010 16:34
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Woman puts cat in a bin (cat unharmed)= 62 comments

London worst in UK as sex diseases increase = 1 comment.

Get a grip people!

- W6, London, 25/08/2010 16:33
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You bunch of sad muppets more concerned for the mog dumped in a bin than the victims of the pakistain floods or the 30 people blown by a suicide bomber yesterday. What does that say about you!

- Gary, London, 25/08/2010 14:39


So what you're saying is that we are only capable of being interested in one issue at a time. Duh!

As humans we are perfectly capable of being interested in numerous issues at the same time. Many people have contributed to the Pakistan Flood Relief and are also be interested in this story.

Speak for yourself if you are only capable of handling one issue at a time.

- Janet, London, UK, 25/08/2010 16:28
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Owners are in fact a lot more evil than the woman who did this to a cat. To spread this video on the Internet knowing full well that there are animal-rights extremists who could endanger her is irresponsible at best.

Now it's the right time to stop this hysteria and leave the woman alone.

- Tony C, London, 25/08/2010 16:10
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Why aren't those who threatened her being prosecuted for assault?

- overtaxed, Farnham UK, 25/08/2010 16:06
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I stand corrected ....Nigel. If she is mentally ill she should seek professional help + support. When she is treated + stable + capable then return to work. But she is handling publics money + dealing with customers. She could easily put thousands into another account....after having a quick look to check no one was watching.

- Nikki, Hammersmith, 25/08/2010 16:02
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"As a matter of fact, you aren't allowed to point a camera out of your bedroom into the street. Ask a copy, they'll soon put you right"
In Mourning for our Nation, Tottenham

Ask a copper?? they are the last people to ask for advise on the law. You are allowed if its purpose is for the detection of crime.

- Chris, Rochester, 25/08/2010 16:01
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Well done Mary. As far as I am concerned cats are no better than vermin and should all be put in bins.

But I doubt whether the saddos blogging here and who appear to prefer animal life over humans would agree.

- Justin Thyme, London, 25/08/2010 15:54
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Hang on though... what else has this woman done? She was only caught this time by accident.

- Malcom Nonsense, Shoreditch, 25/08/2010 15:54
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It's still funny no matter what people say.

- Max, London, 25/08/2010 13:41


Er why? Max I bet your the sort who laughs at any joke even if its not funny, just to follow everyone else, you sound a weir-do, please post your address and we'll send the dogs around.

- David, Battersea, 25/08/2010 15:49
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So Cyber bullying is okay now?



Also:

an RBS spokeswoman said: “This is not a matter for the bank.”

RBS invest their money in worse things so they are not bothered.

- bobby, berks, 25/08/2010 15:28
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Her actions against a 'roamin cat-o-lick' have caused her a catastrophic - catastrophie, and may leave her in a permanent catatonic state, a type of self imposed PURR-CAT-TORY

- Richard Merrell, Wentworth Falls, NSW Australia, 25/08/2010 15:25
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Actually this woman is getting poetic justice. She's living in fear that one of the many nutters threatening her life, might do exactly what they threaten. She's going through pretty much exactly what the cat went through, and like the cat she doesn't know when it will end.

Nikki - "if she is mentally ill she should not be working". That's a disservice to very many mentally ill people who are working. You probably know one of them yourself, though not of their problem. Something like 10% of the population suffer from clinical depression at some point in their lives. They'll hide their illness for as long as they can, precisely because of the prejudice shown by colleagues, the public, even "friends".

- Nigel, London, 25/08/2010 15:24
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I think she is one of the poor people who sit in that small confined space behind the cashpoint poking the notes out of the slot. Consequently she would not have been able to understand what she was doing to the cat was wrong. Royal Bank of Scotland should let her out more often and maybe she will see the error of her ways.

- Richard, London, 25/08/2010 15:22
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I love cats, but let's not let this story run away with itself. If this lady has received death threats by the friendless and hysterical nurds and geeks who subscribe to Facebook and other pointless distractions then those same people must be sought out and prosecuted for making them. If you make a death threat you can be imprisoned, and making it via a networking site is no different from writing it down and posting it. Cats are not protected by law and the furore illustrates the mob nature that seems to typify the British. In contrast, Raoul Moat, a murdering psychopathic killer who blinded a policeman, is hailed as a 'legend' on this absurd networking site. Raoul Moat also abused animals as a child. This lady had a mad moment and the story ought to be forgotten. Next time you all tuck into a burger or a chicken nugget, think of the cruelty that exists in factory farming operations. You're as cruel as she is being accused of, except that carnivores are condoning nasty food production methods it and are funding the industry every day.
By the way, cats are a delicacy in some countries.

- Dave, Devon, 25/08/2010 15:18
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Gary@London

Why do you presume that because we care about this case we don't care about other far ,more serious issues? Or is it you who are the sad muppet? Personally, I would love to see ES give more prominence to the problems, natural and man made, in Pakistan, Niger and many other places, but that doesn't stop me caring about this wanton act of cruelty that many still seem to think is amusing.

- bob smith, East London, 25/08/2010 15:17
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This woman was on tv I seen her I heard her. She clearly has an attitude because she has been caught out. She should be prosecuted.

The cat trapped in the bin was without foof and water and was in the dark and trapped.

That means she caused suffering to the cat.

She is a lowlife excuse for a human being.

- PATRICK'S OPINION LAMBETH, LONDON, 25/08/2010 15:12
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She did commit an offence.....The Animal Welfare Act 2006 s.4.(1) - Causing UNECESSARY Suffering. So she is responsible for her actions. If she is mentally ill she should not be working. As an employee of RBS she is representing the company.

As for the authorities........they have the hump because people found the culprit themselves. If a member of the public reports an incidence to the police or RSPCA it would have just been put in a file and forgotten about.

Bring back stocks.....so in the new Big Society the public could pelt her with rubbish from their wheelie bins.

- Nikki, Hammersmith, 25/08/2010 14:56
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- North London, Berkshire wrote: "The people giving her death threats should also be hung out to dry then, its costing the tax payers money to pay for this womans police protection because of stupid threats! grow up"

Here's a novel idea, this stupid old woman should not have done what she did then she wouldn't get death threats and it wouldn't be costing us money!

I reckon she does this type of cruelty all the time, it was just her tough luck that she got caught on CCTV this time.

This sorry excuse for the most intelligent species deserves everything she gets!

- kim, London, 25/08/2010 14:53
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You bunch of sad muppets more concerned for the mog dumped in a bin than the victims of the pakistain floods or the 30 people blown by a suicide bomber yesterday. What does that say about you!

- Gary, London, 25/08/2010 14:39
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It's well known that this is how Hitler started.

- Norwood Johnson, So. No., 25/08/2010 14:18
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It's still funny no matter what people say.

- Max, London, 25/08/2010 13:41
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The people giving her death threats should also be hung out to dry then, its costing the tax payers money to pay for this womans police protection because of stupid threats! grow up

- North London, Berkshire, 25/08/2010 13:40
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- Richard, London, 25/08/2010 13:17 said 'The Royal Bank of Scotland, her employer, must be pretty hacked off with this idiot.'


On the contrary mate...the bank can have a new ad on TV...saying....'WE DEPOSIT ANYWHERE...ask one our employees...they lend a hand'

- Richard Merrell, Wentworth Falls, NSW Australia, 25/08/2010 13:39
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Richard, london
brilliant comment, suprised she doesn't work for the halifax

- Rory, London, 25/08/2010 13:34
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if she dose this too a cat; what wood she do too a childe makes you thikn done it?

- famely-man, lester, 25/08/2010 13:25
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The Royal Bank of Scotland, her employer, must be pretty hacked off with this idiot. Is she a product of the banking system? I would guess training starts with pulling the wings off butterflies and then torturing small furry animals before moving onto real life customers.

- Richard, London, 25/08/2010 13:17
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They should bring back public flogging for people like her. Stupid cow!

- Gavin, London, England, 25/08/2010 13:08
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Also, this woman is a liar.
Split secondm my butt! She clearly looks around as she is patting the cat & was already thinking of doing something, you can tell by her suspicious behaviour. She is only apologetic because she got caught & people hate her for it, she isn't sorry for her actions at all, only the repercussions!!!
If she hadn't been caught, I bet she wouldn't have even given it another thought or felt any remorse.

I don't agree with people sending her death threats, that is just silly and only lowers those who do it, to her level, if not worse.

Though I do believe she should be shut in a container of some sort, maybe to scale for her size in comparison to what the wheelie bin would have been to the cat, that also smells like a trash bin, for 15 hours so that she can see what it is like and let us know if she still thinks it is funny.

I also hope she gets a severe fine from the RSPCA. People need to be shown they can't do this kind of thing and not be punished for it. If she gets away with it, then all the other animal intolerant sadists are basically being given the all clear to act on their sick thoughts.

- CGD, Perth, Australia, 25/08/2010 13:05
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Oh please please please can we put her in a bin for 15 hours? That would be great!

- Peter, London, 25/08/2010 12:58
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A lot of child abusers were cruel to animals when growing up.
Cats and dogs are just like children, anyone who has ever owned one would know this, those who haven't wouldn't know what kind of bond people can form with their pets...
This "It's only a cat" attitude is worrying.

"Oh, it's only a living creature, who cares hey..."
Ugh, it sickens me that sadists like this are allowed out from under their rocks.

- CGD, Perth, Australia, 25/08/2010 12:53
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Roul Moat gets portrayed as a hero by Facebook for killing and severely injuring people yet via the same channel this lady gets death threats??????

- Paul, Enfield, 25/08/2010 12:53
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IT'S ONLY A CAT!!! You sad, sad people. You don't get worked up over far, far more important issues than this.

- karenf, London, 25/08/2010 12:06

You really have missed the point on this. People die in thousands through earthquakes, floods etc, but the public still (and rightly) get upset about an incident of cruelty. It is all about our humanity, but I suspect someone like you, a fully-fledged member of the throwaway society, wouldn't understand a concept like that. Keep reading the celebrity magazines.

- Stevie G, London SW11, 25/08/2010 12:45
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I say the bank should sack her. she is not fit to be employed and should be sectioned under the mental health act and all men and animals should stay clear away from her because who knows what she can do if she ever got jilted.

- asha rani, london, 25/08/2010 12:34
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A catastrophe of catatonic catalepsy seems to catch the media’s cataclysmic catchwords categorically speaking. Upon following the catenary while catering for the publics cattle like caterwaul as it reaches catharsis proportions as cathode cations. A caveat to this caterpillar trail caters for cat-lovers cataplexy as catcalls pervade the catacombs of our minds. A good catchline if the woman is categorised as a good cat-holic within the catchment. Ah, beware the catoptric catechist, a catch-22!

- Cato, Cat Island, Bahamas, 25/08/2010 12:33
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- Don, Sheen, 25/08/2010 11:35 "So you think we aren't allowed to point a camera out of our bedroom into the street? You must feel persecuted!!"

As a matter of fact, you aren't allowed to point a camera out of your bedroom into the street. Ask a copy, they'll soon put you right.

- In Mourning for our Nation, Tottenham, 25/08/2010 12:29
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I would have thought that how a customer services assistant is perceived by the customers is very much a matter for the bank.

- john, Barcelona Spain, 25/08/2010 12:21
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If nutters were hanging around outside my house, I would expect the police to move them on smartish. Not to 'monitor' them, so providing a spectacle for more time-wasters to start hanging around.

It's situations like this that make you realise just how high unemployment is in Britain.

- David Short, Tunis, 25/08/2010 12:14
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Putting a cat in a bin, is cruel and sadistic. This women needs to be heavily fined, and needs serious counselling for the sadistic act she carried out. Because a person who does such a vile thing to a cat, and thinks it's just a joke has no compassion for animals or their owners.

- Ben S, London, UK, 25/08/2010 12:13
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IT'S ONLY A CAT!!! You sad, sad people. You don't get worked up over far, far more important issues than this.

- karenf, London, 25/08/2010 12:06
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I donate to the RSPCA and if they don't prosecute this woman for this cruel act then I will stop donating to them. Plenty other charities I can support. Shame on this woman. She did this for a laugh? Just exactly how sick is she? She's 45?..... you MUST be joking. If one doesn't like cats(and there are many) then just ignore them. There is absolutely NO excuse whatsoever for ANY kind of cruelty.

- jb, sussex, 25/08/2010 12:05
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It is just another example of how we view animals these days, something that is disposable as we see fit, and something we can treat any way we like, after all they are only animals.

It would not surprise me if this woman then went to church on Sunday and gave praise to God for the world and all his creatures, except for the creatures she wants to mistreat as she goes through life.

In the grand scheme of things she could have done a lot worse, but it is just another example of how society as a whole is slipping as people get more selfish and think the world starts and ends with them.

- TexasScot, Texas, USA, 25/08/2010 12:04
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I was worried that we were wasting valuable police resources by protecting this woman; luckily it turns out there are only a couple of Community Support Officers out side her house. It’s probably been quite exciting for them and given them a break from aimlessly walking around.

- Paul B, London, 25/08/2010 11:55
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I suspect the woman in mentally ill. I also anticipate whoever took the CCTV footage infringed her human rights and will be prosecuted (her image is her own property, as per Data Protection Act).

- In Mourning for our Nation, Tottenham, 25/08/2010 11:12


So you think we aren't allowed to point a camera out of our bedroom into the street? You must feel persecuted!!

- Don, Sheen, 25/08/2010 11:35
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If it was some chav who did this everyone would be baying for their blood. Just because shes a middle aged white woman she will probably get away with it. Prosecute her.

- Tracy Javid, Luton Bedfordshire, 25/08/2010 11:30
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She shouldn’t be surprised it’s these same animal lovers that wanted to lynch the Parents of babies that mauled by a Fox!....now imagine if it was done to dear ole Foxie! (Actually I wish it was!)

- Jamie, London, 25/08/2010 11:23
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I suspect the woman in mentally ill. I also anticipate whoever took the CCTV footage infringed her human rights and will be prosecuted (her image is her own property, as per Data Protection Act).

- In Mourning for our Nation, Tottenham, 25/08/2010 11:12
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i think this woman should be locked in a bin for hours then see if she found it funny to have locked a cat in a bin .this woman is not right in the head and obviously needs help

- ernie dascenzo, scunthorpe uk, 25/08/2010 11:05
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I am appalled by this woman’s behaviour and the lack of sensitivity for other peoples property, which appears to prevalent in today’s society. This happens to me all the time and I am driven to distraction by such actions. Someone in my neighbourhood is constantly using my bin when I'm away working away and I often come home to find it full to the brim. The lady in question could have at least brought the cat home and used her own bin. I think her, and all people for that matter, who use other peoples bins should be publicly flogged.

- Penny, Rickmansworth, 25/08/2010 10:47
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When did animal cruelty cease to be a criminal offence. The reaction of the Police is a strange one, and seems to typify the way they no longer deal with many offences as powers have been given to other bodies. If they mean they think there is insufficient evidence to prove a case of animal cruelty, they should say so. I stand to be corrected by more learned correspondents.

By the way, the post from frank, home counties is the first one I have seen from him that doesn't link a story to immigration.

- bob smith, East London, 25/08/2010 10:45
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Interestingly the owner of the Video cam and the bin left the cat there for 15 hours.

- Ian, Reading, 25/08/2010 10:38
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I heard she went out the previous day to bullseye some womprats in her T16.

i notified the RSPCA.

- cynical londoner, london, 25/08/2010 10:19
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"hyperthermia and hypothermia are 2 completely different conditions, hypo means low, hyper means high. Hyperthermia means increased temperature.

- Clare, London, 25/08/2010 09:34

Clare, Hyperthermia doesn't mean increased temperature. Hyperthermia is an elevated body temperature due to failed thermoregulation. Hyperthermia occurs when the body produces or absorbs more heat than it can handle.

- Don, Sheen, 25/08/2010 09:57
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Many of the comments posted yesterday, on the lines its only a cat, illustrate what a sick society we have become. Daily we read of the murder of wives, children, the old and sick. A killer of several strangers is hailed as a folk hero. While a war which resulted in the death of 100000 is debated on the lines of, was it worth it.

Yesterday I went up London on the tube. This eighty year old plus stood alongside a pregnant woman. the seats were full of children, many teenagers, out with their forty something fathers for the day. Latter leaving the station car park, a woman in a vast 4 by 4, stopped all the traffic while she had a conversation with a friend on the pavement. All tooting was greeted with a v sign.

Everywhere their is a stench of bad manners in the air, which as your correspondents so rightly say, lead to far worse crimes.

- Sidney, London, 25/08/2010 09:40
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Findy
hyperthermia and hypothermia are 2 completely different conditions, hypo means low, hyper means high. Hyperthermia means increased temperature.

- Clare, London, 25/08/2010 09:34
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Feeling purrrsecuted?
Kept in the dark?
Sick of being called kitty when you're a cat?
Join me and other cats to fight for our right not to be dropped into wheelie bins by passing Marys. It's not funny....really, it's not (that) funny!
Miaow!

- Top Cat, Sydney, 25/08/2010 09:23
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"I never thought it would be trapped. I expected it to wriggle free."
From an enclosed box? Really? Did you also feel it to be the reincarnation of Harry Houdini? What an utter moron, I think we should be pitying this woman rather than berating her, she obviously has a lower IQ than the cat.

- Bob, Cheam, 25/08/2010 09:16
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Don, some empathy with you there, but I did read once that a lot of child abusers were cruel to animals when growing up, and Steve I do get out a lot. But no seriously the woman is probably a chromosome short, nothing new in today's society, I mean take a look at some of the people out on the streets, would you trust them to feed your cat?

- David, Isle of Wight, 25/08/2010 09:16
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Not being able to recognise an act of cruelty is a bit disturbing. Perhaps a donation to an animal shelter should suffice?

- Frank, Home Counties, England., 25/08/2010 09:10
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It's widely accepted that serial killers start out with animal cruelty.

- Don, Sheen, 25/08/2010 08:50

Don, Don, Don, you simply MUST get out more.

- Steve, Brentford, 25/08/2010 08:56
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Clare, a creature can only be hypothermic if it is suffering from the cold. I think you mean the animal might have suffocated from the heat. And suggesting the woman who did this very odd thing should be treated the same as she did the cat is hardly practical - where would you find a bin big enough for a start?

- findy, Shropshire UK, 25/08/2010 08:52
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It's widely accepted that serial killers start out with animal cruelty.

- Don, Sheen, 25/08/2010 08:50
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I think this woman's comments tell us all we need to know about her. She is clearly completely insensitive and is lacking in any empathy for a living creature. Really it makes one despair.

- fanta, London UK, 25/08/2010 08:47
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Let us hope this lady isn't as stupid as she sounds from her comments she has made to the newspaper but of course she IS and deserves all the stress and grief she is getting animal cruelty is no joke.

- Mike Melbourne, Bedford, 25/08/2010 08:44
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If it had been a hot day in June, the cat would have developed hyperthermia in the bin and likely died. Mary Bale deserves jail time, a financial penalty and a ban on owning animals. I am disgusted by her behaviour but even more disgusted that she doesn't understand that what she did was an act of cruelty. She should be locked in a bin for 15 hours and she how she likes it.

- Clare, London, 25/08/2010 08:19
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She did not commit a criminal offence but she did commit a catinal offence and should be sin binned. 1 week at a cattery cleaning litter trays, and without gloves ! do not grant her BALE

- Richard Merrell, Wentworth Falls, NSW Australia, 25/08/2010 08:14
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