[AnnieK]

Wow..just wow...the amount of baiting and plain nastiness in this thread is quie amazing. I suffer from depression (medicated)...have done for many years, I also nursed my mum during this depression whilst she was dying, sorted her affairs and got my dad settled etc....I never once let my house go, starved my cats or neglected my son. A lot of people here seem to think depression and mental illness is a "get out of jail" card. It's not, it's something you live with...I have days where getting out of bed is the absolute worst thing I can think of, days when I feel everyone would be better off without me etc etc....it takes everything I can do to shower but if this woman was that low in my opinion, she should have sought help....there s no excuse or justification to subject anything, or anyone to the horrors these animals suffered. Should she be in prison.....yes again imo, closely monitored and provided the medication she needs. She shouldn't be in a hospital system that is buckled at best where people are waiting for treatment without having committed crimes