Kittens cry for help after being dumped at side of road
This pair of adorable kittens were found dumped on the side of the road in Dewsbury[1].
Last week, on Saturday, November 4, a member of the public found the two young cats in a cardboard box on the street. She heard them meowing from inside the box. The rescuer called the RSPCA immediately.
An animal rescue officer Emmeline Myall rushed to the black and white kittens' aid and took them in. Both kittens underwent check-ups and were "thankfully" found to be in good health, the RSPCA told Yorkshire Live.
Emmeline said: "The vets believe they are around four months old, and it is sad to think that two young defenceless kittens were cruelly dumped like this. Anything could have happened to them if they hadn’t been found.
"We’re really thankful to the kind-hearted person who found them - they said they couldn’t just leave them there." The cats are now in the care of the RSPCA’s Halifax branch.
Emmeline added: "We know that the increasing cost of living means people might be struggling to look after their pets but it doesn’t mean that it’s okay to abandon them like this. We are appealing for anyone who has any information about who dumped these cats to contact us in confidence."
Abandonments are a big issue for RSPCA officers amid the crisis. In September alone, 1,969 incidents of abandonment were reported to the RSPCA - higher than the number in that month in 2020, 2021 and 2022. The RSPCA has information on its website[3] for pet owners who are concerned about looking after their pets in the cost of living crisis.
The cats were found by a member of the public before an RSPCA officer took them in (Image: RSPCA)
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References
- ^ Dewsbury (www.examinerlive.co.uk)
- ^ Young family's world turned upside down as home goes up in flames during A&E scramble with one-year-old son (www.examinerlive.co.uk)
- ^ information on its website (www.rspca.org.uk)
- ^ here (www.examinerlive.co.uk)