wheelie bin woman sentenced

infamous u.k. cat tosser mary bale has plead guilty and been sentenced to a charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

the punishment? a £250 (almost $400 USD) fine. the judge reasoned that was a small price to pay compared to the "vilification" she would suffer for the rest of her life.

bale's lawyer said on her behalf: "she cannot still explain her behavior but she.. bitterly regrets her actions." we bet she does. 

the cat and the wheelie bin

it's everywhere.  the story of the woman who  put a cat in a wheelie bin (that's fancy brit talk for garbage can) and all of the outrage that followed is hard to miss.  there's even a facebook group.

but why is this story so big?  the cat is ok.  the woman did a horrible thing, yes, but it was not a crime.  and isn't that what we should be more outraged about?  that it's so easy to throw a cat away and not be prosecuted for it?

i suppose what i hope to see come out of this is a new way of thinking about cats and an end to their status as "disposable" pets; ones that can be tossed to the shelter whenever we tire of them.  so if nothing else, let lola's story outrage you.  but focus that anger on the real crime - the deaths of shelter cats every day, everywhere.