The owners of a kitten which was thrown into a wheelie bin by a middle-aged woman appealed last night to hundreds of people who have expressed their rage online not to "take matters into their own hands".

Rory Cellan Jones reports on how the issue has spread across the social media.

Author Jilly Cooper discusses what kind of people would take such action against animals.

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