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A surviving kitten from a litter that had been put in a plastic bag after which dumped in a skip has been rescued by sort refuse staff in Wellingborough.
The welfare workforce from Wellingborough and Rushden Cats Protection was referred to as to the Finedon Road Industrial Estate recycling centre yesterday after two kittens have been discovered alive within the skip.
One of the employees had observed motion within the garbage he had been shifting utilizing equipment.
Both kittens have been taken to Swanspool Veterinary Hospital however sadly one needed to be put down humanely. The different has survived its ordeal.
Ann Glaus, department workforce chief Wellingborough and Rushden Cats Protection, mentioned: “It’s very sad that people feel that they have to resort to such drastic actions when there is help available and also neutering in so important, all this could have been avoided.
“An operator using equipment in one of the skips noticed something move and fall to the ground, he stopped working to check and found a kitten, bleeding and covered in dirt.
“They then discovered another kitten stuck in the machinery. The two kittens were rushed to Swanspool Vets who found that one was badly injured and could not be saved but the other one, now called Clover, was in slightly better condition and appeared just to have trauma to her head.
“Today we noticed a lump in Clover’s groin so she taken back to the vet and found to have a hernia, which is being operated on this afternoon.
“We would like to offer our thanks to the guys at the recycling centre for their vigilance, our super vets at Swanspool who helped at a minute’s notice and our lovely fosterers who work with these little ones.”
Ann added: “We would like to get the message out to people that is so unnecessary. We are here to help as are the RSPCA, Animals in Need and other rescues.
“We would also urge people to contact us, or any other rescue organisation including vets, before resorting to this sort of action with kittens.”
