Going back to what I said earlier, it would appear that I may have upset a couple of people, so I would like to take a moment to elaborate on what I posted.
Firstly the cat escaped unharmed. No injuries what-so-ever. Had a worse outcome resulted from the womans actions, then I could understand the cries for a heavy punishment.
What the woman did was wrong, undoubtedly and at no point did I say otherwise. She should never have done it. However no one yet knows her side of the story. Like I posted earlier there may have been circumstances leading to her actions. However, I never defended her and neither would I have done what she has done.
Because of the fact we are living in such media rich times, the video has been posted everywhere and typically people with more extreme views have picked up on it. The woman has been threatened and because of this the police have taken the decision to offer a level of protection to her. A total waste of time and money but needed because, in my opinion, so many media outlets have fanned the flames and it has been blown all out of proportion.
Interesting quote. Drop the cat in a bin and its unharmed after a 15 hour kip, quick round up the mob. Cat in my garden, lets try to thump it with a tennis ball. Slight touch of hypocrisy perhaps.
In your opinion. I have a toddler who plays in our garden. Without her shoes if its sunny, perhaps. Now if my kiddy kept 'finding' cat poo all over the garden, it would upset me and if I knew who's cat it was I would probably have a quiet word. However, maybe the lady in the video decided to take things a bit further. We just don't know.