A teacher is charged with felonies for the death of her two cats

I agree with you. How does one have a cat, let alone two cats and not noticed one has not feed them for a while let alone one month? That beyond cruel and well she does deserve some jail time.

How HORRIBLE! That sub-human should be treated like her cats! How dare she consider herself human! How long does it take to feed the cats? and if she really didn't have time, she should've at LEAST taken them to a shelter - heck, being put to sleep would be more humane that what she did!

Why did she not call the animal control people and the police, give them the keys and tell them to take her cats? Then if there was someone threatening her, the police would have scared him off, and the cats would have been alive. There are ways out of a situation. And she is a teacher and should have known better. She should have been charged with animal cruelty.

I think anyone who is cruel or negligent with their pets should face just as harsh criminal charges in the same manner if one was cruel or negligent with children. If this jerk knew she was going to be so busy for so long, why didn't she make arrangements for a friend to take care of the cats? That would have made more sense

I'm a bit on the fence for this one. I don't feel like it was fair that her abusive relationship affected the cats in such a horrible manner, but she was trying to get out of a dangerous situation herself. What I don't get is if her apartment was danger zone, then does that mean that the person that she was in a relationship in the apartment, or was there just a chance that her boyfriend could pop up at her house? If it's the latter, then yes she needs the jail time for cruelty to animals and be restricted from buying or adopting pets and there should be a fine for friends who might try to give her a kitten from a fresh litter also.

To be honest it would make me VERY glad if she was sent to prison even...In my religion, a woman will be sent to hell for cruelty to a cat while another will be sent to heaven for giving a dog some water to drink in the desert... Seriously, if you're not gonna take care of your pet animal, why did you purchase one to begin with? I'd definitely want to see that person in jail...being 'busy' is not an excuse for killing a soul.

i am always annoyed whenever i heard a story about animal's cruelty... i think she deserved a jail time as well and hopefully she will not be allowed to keep animal again for the rest of her life after she gets out from the jail... poor cats... how can she be so cruel??? take care and have a nice day...

There is no excuse for leaving cats unattended for a month. If she didn't want to take care of them, she should have found a home for them. Period. I'm with you cruelty to animals charges should be filed with jail time.

OMG..those poor cats. absolutely she should,that is disgustingly cruel. how can anyone do that to a living being,especially one shut indoors and helpless to get it's own.

Are you serious, Aurone? This woman needs her head examined! By no stretch of the imagination should she have believed the cats were able to survive on their own for so long. In my opinion, she is guilty of gross negligence in regards to her animals. I really hope they throw the book at her for being so selfish and uncaring.

that definitely be considered as cruelty. does it mean that her cats were just inside the home and can't get out to other places to find some food. cause we do have stray cats around. and when they get to find foods here they will just go to our neighbors and will eat there and actually it was our neighbors cat in the first place. but cats here don't really have owners. so when the cat decided to stay on the other neighbor we don't try to get the cat any more. anyways, it is just too cruel to leave the cat hungry. when i see new stray cat looking for food in my place i will just get some food in my fridge and feed them. though i could not manage to feed them all cause they get too many when i try to feed all of them. i will just drive away other cats and let them look for food at other houses instead.

I hope she goes to jail. People sometimes are so cruel, that it is hard to believe. Where was she? How can you be busy to the point you forget you are responsible of someone's LIFE?

I think when you take on a pet, you take on a life. They are in your hands. Like a child. Poor things. What a horrid way to go. Yes, Jail at the very least, is what she deserves.

That is outrageous! I am busy with family, work and friends too, in fact I had three jobs at once, and a boyfriend who lived across town. Guess what? I was nearly in tears when I had to leave my cats alone for two days. I worried all day long the second day that they somehow ate all their food and drank all their water and they would starve or dehydrate. That was for two days! I could never imagine leaving an animal for more than that. This past weekend I had to go up to my boyfriends parents house, which is 8 hours away. We left friday morning at 8am and we were back sunday night around ten. I left my cat with a salad bowl filled with a 3.5 pound bag of food in it and another salad bowl with two gallons of water in it, and I still worried all weekend! When I got home I hugged my cat for hours.