Passer-by saved kittens dumped in shoebox on footpath from death
A TRIO of three-week-old kittens were found cruelly dumped in a shoebox in the middle of a footpath.
The little black kittens were found by a member of the public in a Slazenger children’s trainer box from Sports Direct.
They were dumped on the Tower Road footpath, off Ashby Road, in Winshill, at about 6pm on Sunday, the RSPCA has revealed.
They were too young to survive without their mother and would have died overnight if they had not been found.
The kind member of the public took the young kittens home and cared for them, feeding them special kitten formula until RSPCA inspector Pam Bird collected them.
Pam said: “The three black kittens were inside the closed shoe box which had been left in a very obvious place in the centre of the footpath. All of the kittens are too young to survive without their mother without the swift intervention and kindness of the passing person who found them, took them home and then called the RSPCA for help.
“She hand fed them overnight with special kitten milk formula and a syringe. I collected them the following day and they are now all in the care of a vet nurse.
“It is so sad as these little kittens are far too young to be without their mother - and to be abandoned like that when they needed help the most is just awful.
“We would really like to hear from anyone who has information about how these kittens got here and who might have left them in such a way. I would urge anyone with information to contact us as soon as possible on 0300 123 8018.”
The kittens - now named Poppy, Pickle and Panda - are just some of the animals to come into RSPCA care this summer.
The charity revealed this week that on average four cats a day are the victims of deliberate cruelty across the summer months in England and Wales.