A kitten, who the RSPCA have named ‘Stig of the Dump’, was discovered at a refuse depot in MK, after travelling all the way in which from London in a bin lorry.
This little black cat had travelled to Milton Keynes from one of many 32 London Boroughs in a refuse truck, the RSPCA say.
The animal charity said in a social media publish that “Unfortunately there is no such thing as a approach of figuring out which Borough he got here from, or even when he was discarded like a chunk of garbage.”
A spokesperson added: “Stig was actually fortunate that the workforce on the depot had common contact with certainly one of our wonderful volunteers. They went out right away to make sure Stig may very well be introduced into security.”
Stig has suffered a extreme harm to certainly one of his legs which has sadly meant it wanted to be amputated. It will not be identified if the harm got here from the automobile or if it was the purpose he was dumped.
Stig is now receiving medical consideration from the RSPCA.
“It is unlikely we are going to ever have the ability to find his homeowners, he wasn’t microchipped,” the RSPCA mentioned.
“With no distinctive markings he’s simply one other black cat.
“It’s extra necessary than ever you guarantee your cats are microchipped – modifications within the legislation make it obligatory for all cats to be microchipped from 10 June 2024.
“Medical consideration for cats like Stig prices money. If you have an interest in changing into a month-to-month donor for our Branch to assist in giving cats like Stig a future, we’d be very grateful.”
