War on Cats

[Jan Klimkowski]

It's developed into an international incident.... :vollkommenauf:

Police officers protect home of woman who put cat in bin

Police officers are protecting the home of a woman who was filmed dropping a kitten into a wheelie bin.

The RSPCA believes the incident could constitute animal cruelty and are planning to interview the woman who was identified from CCTV pictures taken outside the home of the animal's owners.

The woman, who is thought to have received death threats from around the world, was seen stroking the cat as it walked along a wall before looking over her shoulder and dumping it into a large green rubbish bin.

In the video, taken from security cameras outside a house in the Stoke area of Coventry, the woman was then seen closing the lid of the bin before quickly walking away.

The cat's owners, Stephanie and Darryl Mann, told the Coventry Telegraph their pet, named Lola, which is not yet a year old, was trapped in the bin for 15 hours.

It emerged uninjured and is believed to be recovering well from the ordeal.

Today an RSPCA spokeswoman said: ''A woman featured in CCTV footage putting a cat in a bin in Brays Road, Coventry, has now been identified.

''The RSPCA is leading an investigation into the incident and will be interviewing the woman shortly.

''Coventry Police are supporting this investigation and urge the public to leave the matter to be dealt with correctly by the authorities.''

West Midlands Police said they were supporting the RSPCA's investigation and Coventry Police had not arrested the woman because she had not committed a criminal offence.

Community Support Officers were outside her address monitoring a large group of people for "public order purposes as per routine police procedure".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlif...n-bin.html