Cat’s not fair: Thousands watch online clip of woman throwing pet into garbage barrel
By APTuesday, August 24, 2010
Take Cat! Woman seen on CCTV hurling pet in trash
LONDON — British animal cruelty inspectors say they have tracked down a woman caught on closed-circuit TV hurling a cat into a garbage can.
Video footage captured by the cat owner’s personal surveillance camera — and seen by thousands after it was posted online — shows a woman stroking 4-year-old Lola before grabbing the pet by the neck and dumping it into the trash.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which investigates and prosecutes cruelty cases, said Tuesday it has identified the woman and plans to interview her. Police say they are aiding the inquiry.
Lola spent 15 hours inside the garbage can before she was rescued.
The RSPCA declined to say whether the woman had been tracked down by a viewer who’d seen the footage online.
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