by Matthew Martino
The RSPCA is appealing for information after four tiny kittens were found abandoned in a “filthy” cardboard box near Billericay in Essex.
The animal welfare charity was called by a man who found the furry foursome abandoned outside a cattery in Oak Road, Crays Hill, on Wednesday night (27 September).
RSPCA animal collection officer (ACO) Lucy Fackerell went to collect the kittens, thought to be only four-weeks-old.
She said: “They’d been left in a filthy cardboard box with no blanket and nothing to keep them warm. They were freezing cold and covered in their own mess.
“Staff at the cattery moved them inside to warm them up and cleaned them up before calling me.
Other than being very cold and frightened they seemed to be okay but did have swollen bellies which I suspected to be a result of untreated worms.
“I quickly got them to one of our branches but, sadly, they deteriorated.”
The kittens were taken in by staff and volunteers at the charity’s Essex Mid, Brentwood, Chelmsford & District branch who provided them with round-the-clock care. But, sadly, two of the kittens died overnight.
