from Kapiti News
Wellington SPCA is appealing for information about the person responsible for dumping five kittens close to its Waikanae animal shelter.
The five kittens were found only 300 metres from the shelter, in scrub, close to an Electrolux vacuum cleaner box, yesterday.
Four of the five kittens, who are around six weeks of age and unable to fend for themselves, are now in the care of Wellington SPCA who are appealing for public help to identify the person who dumped them.
A fifth kitten, of around 10 weeks of age, was found dead some metres away from where the box and other kittens were found.
Wellington SPCA senior animal welfare Inspector Peter McCallum, said, “It is appalling that these kittens have been dumped, but even more so to see where.
“Someone has dumped these kittens just a few hundred metres away from our Waikanae centre.
“They could have come to us for help, instead they chose to leave these defenceless young animals in a location where they are lucky to have been found.”
My wife receives e-mailed new bulletins from several animal rescue projects. What these show is that there are a tremendous number of people who devote themselves to animal welfare and re-homing. It also shows that there are a huge number of people who think nothing of dumping dogs and cats of all ages, including entire litters, and who don’t even bother leaving them near an SPCA, but randomly by the roadside. The problem is ongoing and enormous.