Cat dumped at Hotel

A family checked out of the Days Inn hotel at Strensham Services near Worcester and as the room was to be cleaned staff found an adult cat they named Lucien. The family left false details and had obviously intended to leave the cat and not be contacted. The question is was this a pure act of cruelty? Could they not afford to keep a cat but could stay in a hotel? It is a disturbing act of indifference although they seem to have felt the hotel staff would look after the cat. This family was incapable of resolving the situation themselves - pathetic!

Source: http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2012/05/08/family-abandons-cat-at-strensham-services-motel-97319-30923359/