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Thanks to the help of thousands of social media animal loving fans, a British woman who was caught on video throwing a friendly cat into a garbage container and slamming the lid shut has been identified. The cat’s owners caught the abuse on their closed-circuit camera.
The video showed Lola, a four-year-old rescued tabby, strolling on the street in front of her house when a grey-haired woman stopped to pet and stroke her. Then the woman grabbed Lola by the scruff of her neck, opened a nearby garbage can, tossed the cat inside and shut the lid. The video then shows the woman calmly walking away.
It took Lola’s owners, Daryl and Stephanie Mann 15 hours to her.
Daryl told the Daily Mail, “I came down to feed Lola on Sunday morning but couldn’t find her anywhere. It was a really hot day outside and I searched nearby alleyways but suddenly heard a tiny meowing coming from the bin.”
“I looked inside and I found her in the bin, she was terrified and covered in her own mess.”
At first Mann thought Lola had somehow gotten herself trapped, so he decided to check the closed-circuit camera. He was shocked to see what really happened to the cat.
The incident was particularly sad because Lola was a rescue cat that had been apprehensive around people when she was first adopted.
That’s when the Mann family decided to release the video to social media websites. They were sure that someone could identify the woman who was cruel to their pet. Their efforts spread quickly with help coming from websites and news outlets.
Thousands of people took part in the search for Lola’s abuser.
According to the Vancouver Sun the woman was identified on Tuesday as Mary Bale, a 45 year-old bank clerk. She was questioned by RSPCA animal protection officers, but police said they could not make an arrest because tossing a cat into a dumpster is not considered a crime.
A spokesperson for RSPCA said they are “appalled” by the abuse and called it “a mindless act of animal cruelty.”
Officials will continue to examine the case and may ultimately charge the woman with animal cruelty because of the suffering Lola likely experienced.
Although this is not the type of severe animal cruelty case that PETA often sees, the organization sympathized with the incident.
Martin Mersereau, PETA’s emergency response director said, “This landed on my desk this morning and we’re horrified. The sadists, bullies and cowards who do this post a threat to the community.” He said authorities should “throw the book” at the perpetrator.
Mersereau also offered advice to Lola’s owners, explaining how people need to keep their animals safe by not allowing them to wander around unattended.
The Mann family say Lola escaped their home through an open window.
It is not certain what will ultimately happen in this case, but it should clearly be a warning to other potential abusers that there is power in organized social media.
Outraged animal lovers put enough pressure in Lola’s situation that police have offered protection outside of Bale’s home as a “sensible precaution.”
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Is that called kidnapping? May be extortion as well.
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+ add your ownThrowing a cat into a closed container is abuse and should be made a felony class crime.
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Awful. Completely disgusting. I am so angry that it got off So easy. I say "it" b/c that isn't a lady. That's pure evil. It shouldn't be allowed to "apologize". It will get its final judgement one day. The media should have never interviewed it. It didn't mean to say sorry, just sorry it was caught. Disgusting.
Throwing her into a jail cell for a while would be poetic justice.
What ended up happening with this?
This woman should at least go to jail. She was cruel and inhumane to an innocent animal who didn't even hurt her.
this is why you never leave your pets unattended
On devrait la mettre dans un benne à ordure pour qu'elle puisse sentir ce qu'elle a fait subir à ce chat...c'est un acte conscient qu'elle a fait;donc c'est à mon avis criminel.Vraiement déguelasse!! en 2010!! Quel genre de QI???....
I think this woman should be thrown in a dumpster. Let's see how much she likes it in there.
What a sad excuse for a human!!!
I have an idea! Lets trap her in a bin and see how she feels? Sick woman and pethetic excuse 'I thought it would be able to get out' Grrrrrrrr!!!!
There are people in this world that are just evil and I think Mary Bale should be placed at the top of the list. If she'd do something like this to a helpless animal I certainly hope she doesn't have children. No telling to what she'd subject them. I am appalled and disgusted that someone would do this. How do people like this sleep at night? People call four legged creatures dumb? I think the description is misplaced here. I hope she pays dearly for her actions.
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