# Woman pets cat, drops it in wheelie bin, walks off **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2010, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271 "2010-08-24T11:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/21 "2010-08-24T16:44:51Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > This is so strange - can anyone speculate on why she just dumped the cat in there? > > . 1. Shits ‘n’ giggles 2. She’s just nasty 3. That particular cat has made life miserable for her 4. Another cat has made life miserable for her, but this one was nearest 5. Mental abberation In all honesty. is this is the sort of thing you can get with early-onset dementia? I.e. abnormally weird behaviour from an otherwise normal person ---
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/22 "2010-08-24T16:45:07Z")
My mother has two Siamese cats and because both are declawed (by a previous owner, so don’t attack her) they are strictly indoor cats, although my brother has been training one to walk outside on a special leash. Neither one shows any sign of anything being wrong with them because they’ve remained inside 99% of their lives. They run around, laze around, and wrestle with each other. They’re neutered so even if they got out they couldn’t breed more feral cats, but in all honesty they wouldn’t survive long outdoors without their claws. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/23 "2010-08-24T16:50:52Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > [hijack] How would you kitty-proof an area? We have a deck that feeds into our yard, and I’d love to section off a fenced-in area so they could go out and lie in the sun and the breeze. I need to figure it out.[/hijack] > And I’d like to toss this bitch in a bin myself. Such a lovely friendly little sweetie - that makes it so much worse! Our back yard is flat with a large fence around it - we filled in the bottom of the fence and any large gaps with a fine mesh screen, and the cats have stayed in. They are 14 and 11 years old, too - if they were young cats, we’d probably have had to put some backward-slanting mesh on the top of the fence to discourage climbing, too (we’ve seen the occasional stray in our yard, and they go over the fence like lightning), but we haven’t had to do that. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/24 "2010-08-24T16:51:59Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > This is so strange - can anyone speculate on why she just dumped the cat in there? Does the notion of “cruel” really need further explication? **Knead** Incensed, despite being a dog person ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/25 "2010-08-24T17:20:21Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > > [@singular1](#): > > > > [hijack] How would you kitty-proof an area? We have a deck that feeds into our yard, and I’d love to section off a fenced-in area so they could go out and lie in the sun and the breeze. I need to figure it out.[/hijack] > > And I’d like to toss this bitch in a bin myself. Such a lovely friendly little sweetie - that makes it so much worse! > > Our back yard is flat with a large fence around it - we filled in the bottom of the fence and any large gaps with a fine mesh screen, and the cats have stayed in. They are 14 and 11 years old, too - if they were young cats, we’d probably have had to put some backward-slanting mesh on the top of the fence to discourage climbing, too (we’ve seen the occasional stray in our yard, and they go over the fence like lightning), but we haven’t had to do that. Ah - my little monsters are 1 and 2 years old, so plenty of energy and curiosity to get into trouble. I would like to figure out a way to screen off a part of the deck for the. I may have to get to sketchin’… ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/26 "2010-08-24T17:28:44Z")
The level of cruelty seem no different from putting a cat in an animal carrier. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/27 "2010-08-24T17:33:45Z")
> [@sitchensis](#): > > The level of cruelty seem no different from putting a cat in an animal carrier. If you abandon the animal carrier for 16 hours with no food or water, and cover it so there’s no light, yes I suppose the level of cruelty would be equivalent. I’d charge someone who did that with cruelty, too. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/28 "2010-08-24T17:46:54Z")
With the possibility of the carrier getting picked up and dumped into a garbage truck. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/29 "2010-08-24T18:05:32Z")
People put cats in carriers all the time, they take them on airplanes all across the country for hours and hours in a box stacked up with tons of other animals. Do you really think the cat can realize your intentions. Does a cat know the difference between a carrier and a garbage can? I wasn’t saying anything about the intent of the women. I was talking about the effect on the cat, which was marginal at best, the cat probably just took a nap. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/30 "2010-08-24T18:06:45Z")
But the carriers have breathing holes… ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/31 "2010-08-24T18:08:25Z")
Those garbage cans don’t have airtight seals ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/32 "2010-08-24T18:09:05Z")
Yeah, but they’re not really visible. A carrier has an entire side that’s somewhat open so the cat can see out. It’s not like being shut up in utter darkness. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/33 "2010-08-24T18:11:53Z")
Until you put it in the belly of a plane and turn off the lights. Yes, the women was mean and stupid but they probably can’t charge her with anything because they can’t find any proof she caused any harm. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/34 "2010-08-24T18:22:39Z")
**Singular1** : Here’s a [link](http://catnet.stanford.edu/articles/enclosures.html) that has a lot of information on cat enclosures. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/35 "2010-08-24T18:28:05Z")
Silly Dopers. Always about the cats with you. “If she does that to cats, how does she treat _people_?!” Q.E.D. So silly. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/36 "2010-08-24T18:38:45Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Silly Dopers. Always about the cats with you. > > “If she does that to cats, how does she treat _people_?!” Q.E.D. > > So silly. I don’t understand what you’re saying. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/37 "2010-08-24T18:42:48Z")
> [@sitchensis](#): > > Until you put it in the belly of a plane and turn off the lights. Yes, the women was mean and stupid but they probably can’t charge her with anything because they can’t find any proof she caused any harm. People generally put cats in carriers because they have to, not for shits and giggles. Nobody sane takes their cat on vacation with them when said vacation requires the cat to fly by cargo. We had to fly our poor cat from Japan to Maine–this was traumatic for the cat, and expensive, and a pain in my ass. But the other option was to dump her, and add to the already-massive population of homeless pets on Okinawa. So she had to suffer in the carrier. It wasn’t something I did just for the hell of it. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/38 "2010-08-24T19:18:10Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Update: she has been [identified](http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Woman-Who-Put-Cat-In-Bin-In-Coventry-Is-Identified-By-RSPCA-And-Given-Police-Protection/Article/201008415704447?lpos=UK_News_First_Strange_News __Article_Teaser_Region__ 1&lid=ARTICLE_15704447_Woman_Who_Put_Cat_In_Bin_In_Coventry_Is_Identified_By_RSPCA_And_Given_Police_Protection), and offered police protection because of “the level of vitriol against her”… And the vitriol spreads… ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/39 "2010-08-24T19:39:37Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > > [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > > > Silly Dopers. Always about the cats with you. > > > > “If she does that to cats, how does she treat _people_?!” Q.E.D. > > > > So silly. > > I don’t understand what you’re saying. Eh, this isn’t the pit so I can’t elaborate to help you out, best to just forget it and move on, that’s just Chessic Sense. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271/40 "2010-08-24T19:41:11Z")
So I’m going to be that guy. Let’s wait until we hear the lady’s story. I can just barely imagine the possibility that she thought she was helping the cat by putting it in a safe place until its owner came around. Or something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271.md?page=3)