Apart from the sickening spectacle of USPCA officers finding 70 animals dead in a car in Coleraine having suffered from heat exhaustion and dehydration, what the hell was the driver of the vehicle doing with 477 birds, hamsters, gerbils, rabbits and rats in their car in the first place?!The law is far too lenient on those who abuse animals- the effects of leaving our furred and feathered friends couped up in cars on warm days is well-documented, yet there are those who continue to do it. Are these people brain-dead?Perhaps we should trap them in a car on a scorching day and see how they like it- either that, or give them the prison sentences they deserve....