Colwyn Bay shelter needs homes for dumped kittens

Oct 15 2009 by Richard Evans, North Wales Weekly News

Colwyn Bay Bangor

FIVE kittens and a mother who were dumped callously at the side of a busy road during a flood downpour are looking for new homes.

Colwyn Cats Protection is now looking to home Socks, Boots, Mickey, Keith, Diane and mum Precious after they were thrown out of a car near Bangor.

Kind-hearted Keith Marsh, 43, overheard a woman who witnessed the cats being dumped give a horrified account in a petrol station during the wet weather which caused floods on Tuesday, October 6.

The animal lover then returned to the lay-by where the moggies were tipped out of a chest at Glasinfryn near Bangor, and spent three days with his wife Diane, 38, and son Michael, 16, hunting down and bringing the kittens back to safety.

At only weeks old the domestic cats had ran from the busy roadside to a boggy wooded area where they were left to the mercy of the elements.

Vets at Prospect House Surgery in Colwyn Bay were amazed only one of the kittens had developed an eye infection and the cats were otherwise healthy.

Keith of Maesgeirchen was angry with the people who dumped the animals but had used food, blankets and traps to save all the cats from the terrible weather.

“The kittens were very scared and soaking wet, they were like little drowned rats, we found some of them hiding under bushes so they were full of brambles and thorns,” he said.

“It took us three days, we caught the mum, who had been running around everywhere, on the third night in a cat trap.

“The people who did this should be sent to prison, there is plenty of people they could have phoned, the RSPCA or the Cats Protection, or even asked a vet what they should do.”

Barbara Larner is a volunteer with the charity caring for the kits and said the animals would have perished if it hadn’t been for the families actions.

“People think cats can fend for themselves, but they are domestic cats. They just can’t survive, the mother wouldn’t be able to feed five cats, there was no food and she wouldn’t be able to produce milk.”

Anyone interested in homing the cats can contact Colwyn Cats Protection homing office on 01492 547550.To report mistreated, neglected, injured or distressed animals contact the RSPCA on 0300 1234 999.