This woman was stupid in provoking the cat. The cat felt threatened by the kicking movements and the cold snow in its face, so it defended itself. I’ll bet the cat was also previously abused. Why couldn’t she just have taken her small dog up in her arms and walked away? I sure don’t blame the cat for defending itself. Detroit is a rough place to live.
I agree. She kept kicking at it. Did not seem to make much sense.
We had an indoor cat who frequently tried to escape to the outdoors. One day, my husband was leaving through the front door and kitty started to scoot out. In my hurry to stop the cat, I grabbed him by his thighs and pulled him back into the house.
Now, this was a very well behaved cat, but I apparently really insulted him with this maneuver, as, after I put him down and was walking away, he came running up to me and bit my leg.