A pet owner has been slammed by animal lovers after she was filmed dragging her cat on a lead . The woman was filmed as she pulled the black-and-white cat down a street in Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire , last Sunday . Lilly Dance captured the moment on her mobile phone and uploaded the five-second clip to Facebook . She said it has since received hundreds of comments from outraged viewers . Scroll down for video . The woman was filmed as she pulled the at down a street in Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire , last Sunday . Lilly Allen , who captured the moment ( pictured ) on her phone , said she initially thought it was 'quite amusing ' to see a cat being walked on a lead but tried to intervene when she realised the animal was 'being dragged ' An expert from the RSPCA said the charity had 'concerns ' about the handling of the cat and that the video shows the animal in a state of 'distress ' . Miss Dance said she initially thought it was 'quite amusing ' to see a cat being walked on a lead but tried to intervene when she realised the animal was 'being dragged ' . The 26-year-old said the owner ignored her and continued pulling the animal 'for a good five minutes ' before picking up the cat . She said : 'She caught me filming her but then she dragged the cat down the road anyway . ' I said to her that she might want to pick the cat up but she ignored me and kept going . 'It was only a little black and white kitten . At first I thought it was funny but the more I look at it I just think she was horrible . ' The woman noticed she was being filmed but continued to drag the cat behind her , Miss Dance said . Alice Potter , a companion animal scientist from the RSPCA , said the five-second video shows the animal was distressed . She said : 'We have concerns about the handling of the cat in this footage as it appears to be causing it distress . 'The cat does look like it 's kind of being dragged and looks distressed , putting its front paws out like it wants to stop . 'Without seeing more it 's hard to know how comfortable the cat is walking on a lead but it gives the impression that the cat was not particularly comfortable or relaxed . ' She added that putting cats on leads took away their 'sense of control ' and that harnesses should be introduced gradually from a young age if owners want to put them on a lead .
Woman was filmed pulling black-and-white cat down Hertfordshire street . Clip was posted to Facebook and received hundreds of angry comments . Expert from RSPCA said charity had 'concerns ' about handling of the cat .