Hadiths regarding Animals
[Sahih Muslim : Book 26, Number 5570]
Nafi' (Radi Allah Anhu) reported from 'Abdullah (Radi Allah Anhu) that Allah's Messenger (sal-allahu- alleihi-wasallam ) said:
"A woman was punished because she had kept a cat tied until it died, and (as a punishment of this offence) she was thrown into the Hell. She had not provided it with food, or drink, and had not freed her so that she could eat the insects of the earth."