The woman, from Swansea in south Wales, was bombarded with death threats after posting a photograph of the sickening stunt to Facebook, reports Wales Online.
"Can't believe my f****** cat ate a £15 ($25) pizza," she wrote on her profile. "He will be getting wet tonight let me tell you! Little ****!"
She later posted a snap of the cage in the bath, with a caption alongside of it reading, "Have a bath to go with your pizza u fat s***."
It's unclear from the photograph if the cat was actually inside the box, but critics slammed the unidentified 22-year-old as "disgusting," "idiotic" and "downright cruel."
More than 3,000 people signed an online petition demanding that animal rights' groups investigate her alleged actions.
And other animal lovers shared her home address on social media sites.
Some viewers, however, speculated the picture was fake and that the cat wasn't inside the box. They claimed it was, in fact, a joke or hoax by the woman.
Police and officers from the British Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were alerted to the photograph and visited her home.
But, after questioning the woman, no charges were brought.
"We were alerted to a photo which appears to show a cat being placed into a travel basket and put into a bath of water as a form of punishment," an RSPCA spokesman told the South Wales Evening Post.
"Our inspectors have investigated the matter and checked the cat's welfare. They have also spoken to the person involved in the incident and given them advice," he said.
"We are grateful to the public who brought this matter to our attention and we would like to reassure people the cat involved in the incident was, thankfully, unharmed," he added.
The Facebook posts have since been deleted, but screen grabs have been saved to multiple websites.
(New York Daily News - November 24, 2014)
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