Flea-riddled kitten dies after being stuffed in JD Sports bag and dumped in bushes by cruel owner

A flea-riddled kitten had to be put down after being cruelly stuffed inside a JD Sports bag and thrown into a bush by its owner. The man approached a member of the public on Church Lane, Moston, on August 4, holding the bag with the poor feline inside.

He then asked them if he ‘wanted a kitten’ but they declined. They then saw him empty the bag and throw the eight-week-old kitten into some bushes before abandoning it.

They immediately called the RSPCA and reported the man. The RSPCA are now appealing for information.

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This comes as the RSPCA launches its Cancel Out Cruelty campaign as the charity sees a peak in calls during the summer months. Every month its cruelty line receives around 90,000 calls and investigates 6,000 reports of deliberate animal cruelty. But in the summer calls rise to 134,000 a month - three every minute and reports of cruelty soar to 7,600 each month - a heartbreaking 245 every day.

RSPCA Animal Rescue Officer (ARO) Jess Pierce rescued the cat and took him to be checked over by a vet.

She said: “This poor kitten was callously abandoned and thrown into some bushes in Manchester. The witness said they were first approached by the man who offered him the kitten inside a plastic sports bag and when he said ‘no’, he then proceeded to dump the kitten in some bushes.

“The poor guy had a really bad flea infestation and was in a poorly way, very sadly suffering from feline parvovirus.

“He was put in foster care and the fosterer and the vets tried everything they could to save him but sadly his health deteriorated so the vets decided the kindest thing to do was to put the kitten to sleep to end his suffering.

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