Oxfordshire woman jailed for drowning eight cats

[The Dragon Master]

An Oxfordshire woman who admitted drowning eight cats in a bath has been jailed for 12 weeks.



Julie Carter, 43, of Bicester, told RSPCA staff she could not afford a phone call to have the cats rescued so killed them one by one over a week.



She tried to drown nine animals aged between one and three years old, but one of them survived.



Her housing association had told her to remove some of her cats, Banbury magistrates heard.



During a later visit by an RSPCA inspector, she told them she had not had enough money to contact any animal charities, and had drowned the cats in a baby bath instead.



Carter, who had admitted killing her pets at an earlier hearing, was banned from keeping animals for life.



Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-11653149

 

[Evil Eye]

Only 12 weeks?

 

[Jazzy]

Disgusting as walking doesn't cost anything. You mean to tell me she couldn't have walked somewhere to get help for these poor cats. She could have walked with the cats in a box to the nearest police station and had them help her. How about the people who told her to get rid of the cats? They didn't bother to help her either? Good grief as I'm an animal lover and would NEVER tell people to do this but, crap!, open the door and let them out. This story sickens me.