# Woman throws cat in bin. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 24, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282 "2010-08-24T12:51:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/1 "2010-08-24T12:51:14Z")
BBC article and video [here](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-11068063). For those on low bandwidth: a middle-aged woman is recorded by CCTV petting a cat, while surreptitiously looking at a wheelie bin. After a short time she grabs the cat by its scruff and dumps it in the bin and closes the bin. Her action is definitely premeditated. Madam, either you’re mentally ill, or you’re one sick cunt. What an outstandingly nasty and juvenile display of cruelty. Well, the good news is that in the former case you’re going to get the help you need; and in the latter, well, you’ve just fucked yourself up six ways from Sunday, and you’re going to have far more than 15 minutes of infamy. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/2 "2010-08-24T12:53:38Z")
[MPSIMS thread here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=575639), for reference. But this really needs to be a Pit thread. ---
**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, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/3 "2010-08-24T13:07:09Z")
Apparently the woman has been identified as a Mrs Schrödinger. Authorities are currently uncertain as to the well-being of the cat. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/4 "2010-08-24T13:10:10Z")
That woman doesn’t deserve to avoid prosecution for something like that. In fact, she ought to be shut in a wheelie bin herself, head first, in a large pile of cat poo. I can’t believe that anyone could do such a disgustingly cruel thing to an innocent animal. The worst thing is that the poor cat was a rescue animal who had minimal trust of human beings, and rightly so, and this is how she is repaid. ---
**Author:** ![Baboonanza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@Baboonanza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baboonanza)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/5 "2010-08-24T13:58:13Z")
It’s only a cat. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/6 "2010-08-24T14:03:14Z")
That’s no reason to treat it like garbage. ---
**Author:** ![Baboonanza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@Baboonanza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baboonanza)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/7 "2010-08-24T14:05:31Z")
I agree with you, animal cruelty is not something to be encouraged. But this hardly registers on my ‘OH MY GOD WHAT CUNT THAT WOMAN IS SHE SHOULD BE SHOT THROUGH THE FACE’ scale. The cat was fine. ---
**Author:** ![GHO57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@GHO57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GHO57)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/8 "2010-08-24T14:10:54Z")
Cat in a bin = horrible animal cruelty Raccoon going through garbage = get my shotgun. Dog in a transport crate = convenient way to transport an animal. Rat in a kitchen cupboard = call the exterminator _shrug_ I really can’t see the difference. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/9 "2010-08-24T14:12:19Z")
> [@Baboonanza](#): > > I agree with you, animal cruelty is not something to be encouraged. But this hardly registers on my ‘OH MY GOD WHAT CUNT THAT WOMAN IS SHE SHOULD BE SHOT THROUGH THE FACE’ scale. The cat was fine, this time. Who’s to say she hasn’t done this before to other cats that weren’t so fortunate and didn’t end up being fine at the end of it? Some people rely on a cat for companionship and would be devastated by the loss of a beloved pet, especially in such circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/10 "2010-08-24T14:12:22Z")
> [@Wallenstein](#): > > Apparently the woman has been identified as a Mrs Schrödinger. > > Authorities are currently uncertain as to the well-being of the cat. I just wanted to register my appreciation for this comment. ---
**Author:** ![Baboonanza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@Baboonanza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baboonanza)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/11 "2010-08-24T14:30:56Z")
> [@ScareyFaerie](#): > > > [@Baboonanza](#): > > > > I agree with you, animal cruelty is not something to be encouraged. But this hardly registers on my ‘OH MY GOD WHAT CUNT THAT WOMAN IS SHE SHOULD BE SHOT THROUGH THE FACE’ scale. > > The cat was fine, this time. Who’s to say she hasn’t done this before to other cats that weren’t so fortunate and didn’t end up being fine at the end of it? Some people rely on a cat for companionship and would be devastated by the loss of a beloved pet, especially in such circumstances. And some people, such as myself, dislike the fact that people own animals that they let roam around freely shitting on other people’s property. I’m not saying it’s right and the women should be punished, but of all the nasty shit that happens in the world on an hourly basis causing slight emotional distress to a fucking cat is barely worth mentioning. To get all RO about it seems a little over the top. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/12 "2010-08-24T14:32:59Z")
How the fuck has a video of a woman putting a cat in a bin in Coventry taken over the fucking Internet? Jesus H. Christ, you can’t visit anywhere without being reminded of this non-story. Then there’s the fucking deranged idiots who actually sent death threats. Get a grip, you stupid cunts. I hope the police find you all and administer a LAPD style beatdown. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/13 "2010-08-24T14:44:52Z")
The Internets is clearly bored - this damn thing has gone worldwide. > [@Baboonanza](#): > > I’m not saying it’s right and the women should be punished, but of all the nasty shit that happens in the world on an hourly basis causing slight emotional distress to a fucking cat is barely worth mentioning. To get all RO about it seems a little over the top. People do tend to overreact greatly whenever Cute Fuzzy Animals are involved but being stuck in a bin for 15 hours in warm weather with no water is a bit more than “slight emotional distress”. It’s still a cruel thing to do, especially for no fucking reason whatsoever. Prosecution under the Animal Welfare Act sounds sensible. Shooting in the face - not so much. I’m also a tad unsure as to why these people have CCTV (useful though it proved to be). Seems a bit extreme, but I guess it’s the world we live in. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/14 "2010-08-24T14:47:34Z")
> [@GHO57](#): > > Rat in a kitchen What am I gonna do? ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/15 "2010-08-24T14:54:04Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m also a tad unsure as to why these people have CCTV (useful though it proved to be). Seems a bit extreme, but I guess it’s the world we live in. They installed CCTV because their car was vandalised at some point in the past. ---
**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, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/16 "2010-08-24T15:10:34Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The Internets is clearly bored - this damn thing has gone worldwide. > > > [@Baboonanza](#): > > > > I’m not saying it’s right and the women should be punished, but of all the nasty shit that happens in the world on an hourly basis causing slight emotional distress to a fucking cat is barely worth mentioning. To get all RO about it seems a little over the top. > > People do tend to overreact greatly whenever Cute Fuzzy Animals are involved but being stuck in a bin for 15 hours in warm weather with no water is a bit more than “slight emotional distress”. It’s still a cruel thing to do, especially for no fucking reason whatsoever. Prosecution under the Animal Welfare Act sounds sensible. Shooting in the face - not so much. > > I’m also a tad unsure as to why these people have CCTV (useful though it proved to be). Seems a bit extreme, but I guess it’s the world we live in. Bear in mind also that the bin could well have been due for collection that day, which would have mean a very squashed kitty. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/17 "2010-08-24T15:29:15Z")
[That’s one way to deal with kitty litter.](http://instantrimshot.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Gustav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Gustav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gustav)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/18 "2010-08-24T15:39:17Z")
The only pit-worthy aspect of this is the existence of a BBC _news article_ about one woman being kinda mean to a cat. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/19 "2010-08-24T15:40:53Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > [That’s one way to deal with kitty litter.](http://instantrimshot.com/) [Argh.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12835640&postcount=13) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282/20 "2010-08-24T16:22:28Z")
Sometimes it’s not the severity of the crime that records the outrage but the callousness and complete pointlessness of it Yes, one cat in one bin may not be THAT bad when you take into account the amount of anger and publicity it generated, but why would the woman do that? Her apathy and carelessness towards another living being is what upsets me. If I went around tripping people because I was bored, I would deserve a similar amount of outrage compared to if I broke someone’s nose in a fight because they insulted me [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-cat-in-bin/551282.md?page=2)