Mary Bale prepares to stuff cat into “wheelie-bin”
A woman outside a school in Coventry, England, is caught by closed circuit TV casually tossing a cat into a trash bin when she apparently thought no one was looking.
The international uproar to the incident has been so loud that UK police have been forced to provide police protection for the woman.
“I don’t know what the fuss is about, it’s just a cat.”
Bank Worker Mary Bale told The Sun newspaper, “I really don’t see what everyone is getting so excited about – it’s just a cat. I was walking home from work and saw this cat wander out in front of me.
“I was playing with it, stroking it and listening to it purr as it stood on a garden wall. It was very friendly.
“I don’t know what came over me, but I suddenly thought it would be funny to put it in the wheelie bin, which was right beside me.
“I did it as a joke because I thought it would be funny. I never thought it would be trapped. I expected it to wriggle out of the bin.”
“To think this video is being seen around the world is unbelievable. I’m a very private person and don’t want to upset any members of my family. I don’t know what my relatives will think, but to be honest I think everyone’s overreacting a bit.
“OK, I shouldn’t have done it – but it’s just a cat at the end of the day. I don’t think I deserve to be hated by people all over the world, it was just a split second of madness.
“Cats are good climbers and I assumed it would just scramble out through the lid and go on its way.”
Bale, who works as a customer services assistant at the Royal Bank of Scotland, is now in danger on losing her job over the incident. Said Bale, “I’ve had my boss ringing to ask me what’s going on, and I’ve had to talk to the bank’s security people about what to do if people who think I hurt the cat try to find me.
“Everything has gone crazy because of a stupid spur-of-the- moment thing I did – but I know I only have myself to blame.
“I wish I’d never set eyes on the cat. But what I’m really worried about at the moment is my father who is not very well in hospital.”
As far as criminal complaints, a West Midlands Police spokesman said: “The RSPCA is leading an investigation and will interview the woman shortly.
“Coventry Police are supporting this investigation and urge the public to leave the matter to be dealt with correctly by the authorities. The woman has not been arrested because she has not committed a criminal offence.”
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