An online campaign to track down a woman who was caught on camera dumping a family's cat into a wheelie bin has forced her to be placed under police protection.

Mary Bale, 44, of Coventry in England, was named and shamed by users of the online forum 4chan after footage of the incident was posted on Facebook and YouTube. She was caught dumping a family's cat into a large green rubbish bin by the family's CCTV camera.

The cat, Lola, was trapped in the bin for 15 hours before its owners found her.

Thousands of complaints have littered a Facebook group set up by the cat's owners, including death threats from animal lovers. Police are now stationed outside Bale's house; the RSPCA has said it will also question her.

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