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The RSPCA has urged the public to help identify a man caught on CCTV swinging a cat by its tail.
The animal attacker appears to dance down a road in Ramsgate, Kent, with the black cat at arm's length in scenes of abuse that last for more than 30 seconds.
At one point a man thought to be an accomplice is struck by the spinning two-year-old cat, whose name is Mowgli.
RSPCA Inspector Caroline Doe said: "This was a very violent, nasty attack on a cat.
"Anyone who witnessed this outside the pub must have been as shocked and appalled as we were. We are hoping that someone will recognise this man and come forward so we can investigate this fully."
Owner Michelle Buchanan, an IT teacher from Ramsgate, said: "It's horrific. I can't believe anyone would do something that cruel."
"Mowgli is emotional. He's just distraught. He won't go out the door."
The cat escaped the attack outside the Camden Arms pub, on October 29 at 8.30pm, without physical injury.
But Ms Buchanan, who lives alone with her two other cats Missy and Milly, believes the incident has affected him.
"When I got home he was in my bed so that he would feel secure.
"Now he'll go as far as the door and turn back. He used to be outside constantly. He'd be scratching at the window."
Her other pets have been affected by the attack too, she said.
"Before this happened my cats used to sit outside the house on the steps and everybody knew them. Since then none of them do that."
The assault echoes an incident in August 2010 when bank worker Mary Bale gained worldwide infamy after she threw a cat into a bin outside its owners' home in Coventry.
Bale received abusive phone calls and death threats from as far away as Australia, after what she called a "split second of misjudgement" was caught on CCTV and uploaded to YouTube.
She was fined £250 and also ordered to pay a victim surcharge and costs, totalling £1,436. The RSPCA described it as "a very fair decision".
I'm normally a liberal and am against the use of prison in most cases but can't help feeling that this guy should get a prison sentence, and perhaps he can be swung around by his penis, see how he feels afterwards.
The RSPCA has urged the public to help identify a man caught on CCTV swinging a cat by its tail.
The animal attacker appears to dance down a road in Ramsgate, Kent, with the black cat at arm's length in scenes of abuse that last for more than 30 seconds.
At one point a man thought to be an accomplice is struck by the spinning two-year-old cat, whose name is Mowgli.
RSPCA Inspector Caroline Doe said: "This was a very violent, nasty attack on a cat.
"Anyone who witnessed this outside the pub must have been as shocked and appalled as we were. We are hoping that someone will recognise this man and come forward so we can investigate this fully."
Owner Michelle Buchanan, an IT teacher from Ramsgate, said: "It's horrific. I can't believe anyone would do something that cruel."
"Mowgli is emotional. He's just distraught. He won't go out the door."
The cat escaped the attack outside the Camden Arms pub, on October 29 at 8.30pm, without physical injury.
But Ms Buchanan, who lives alone with her two other cats Missy and Milly, believes the incident has affected him.
"When I got home he was in my bed so that he would feel secure.
"Now he'll go as far as the door and turn back. He used to be outside constantly. He'd be scratching at the window."
Her other pets have been affected by the attack too, she said.
"Before this happened my cats used to sit outside the house on the steps and everybody knew them. Since then none of them do that."
The assault echoes an incident in August 2010 when bank worker Mary Bale gained worldwide infamy after she threw a cat into a bin outside its owners' home in Coventry.
Bale received abusive phone calls and death threats from as far away as Australia, after what she called a "split second of misjudgement" was caught on CCTV and uploaded to YouTube.
She was fined £250 and also ordered to pay a victim surcharge and costs, totalling £1,436. The RSPCA described it as "a very fair decision".
I'm normally a liberal and am against the use of prison in most cases but can't help feeling that this guy should get a prison sentence, and perhaps he can be swung around by his penis, see how he feels afterwards.
