CONVICTED (2022) | Michelle Cunliffe, born 12 March 1976, of Ingram Gardens, Leeds LS11 9SA – left her paralysed cat in agony in a nearby bin store.
Felix was found in a bin store near to Cunliffe’s former home at Stanley Road in Leeds after RSPCA inspectors Kris Walker and Nikki Cheetham paid a visit on the morning of September 15, 2021.
The charity attended after a member of the public raised concerns for the cat’s welfare.
A check of the animal’s microchip revealed Cunliffe lived close by. The owner admitted to Inspector Walker the black female cat, known as Felix, was not receiving veterinary care.
In a witness statement, Inspector Walker said: “She said that Felix had a fit almost a week previously and was off her back legs. She said she’d left her home on September 12 and hadn’t been seen since.”
Inspector Cheetham stated: “The cat was very cold, her fur was wet and she was unable to stand. It was clear that she had no use of her back limbs and she was very vocal when touched as if in pain.
“Cunliffe made us aware that the cat was registered at the PDSA vet charity, which was a short distance from the address. But she had not sought any advice from its staff on the cat’s condition.”
An expert report by a veterinary surgeon stated the cat, who was underweight, was unable to use her pelvic limbs with no reflexes or pulses detected.
The court was told that Cunliffe “realised she could have done more”. She had been “very fond of her cat, but had other priorities that day”, it was said.
The cat was eventually put to sleep because of her poor condition.
Sentencing | two-month community order with 25 rehabilitation activity days; ordered to pay £295 in fine, costs and charges. Lifetime ban on keeping animals.
Another Mentally Disturbed Scum.
That poor little Cat Should Have Been Priority, Before Anything Else, and taken to the Vets if it came in and had a Fit it should have been kept In Doors, and Not Let Out At All.
Especially if it was off its back legs as she put it.
Instead the Cat was found a week .
Scum such as this shouldn’t keep Animals Full Stop.
Absolutely Heart Breaking.