The cat was destroyed? I don’t particularly care for cats, but that cat was responding to actual cruelty IMHO. Awful ending.
I "euthanized" a feral tomcat several years ago in order to protect our pet cats. The tomcat probably weighed twice what our cats weighed.
The tomcat was very wary of humans. When I would first see him, he would be just coming over the horizon. If he saw me, he would immediately disappear. He wanted to have nothing to do with me or any other human.
The cat in the video, however, seemed relatively fearless in the face of human aggression. This is often a symptom of rabies. Infected animals lose any fear of humans.
Animals who are suspected of being infected with rabies are frequently subject to testing of their brain tissue, which is an invasive terminal procedure.
Well, we are humans so we don’t do this, but if so that lady is one whom it would be better for all if she were put to sleep.