Terrified cat and kittens dumped in box in street

A CAT and six kittens were found taped up inside a cardboard box that had been dumped in a street.

- CHRIS SLATER

A resident on Netherhouse Road in Shaw, Oldham, alerted the RSPCA after they found the Asda George microwave box which they initially believed contained just one cat, on the pavement outside their home.

An inspector from the animal charity, Rachel Whalley, rushed to the scene to collect the cat however when she opened the box at a nearby vet she was left stunned to find that there were also six kittens inside.

The box had been closed with sticky tape with air holes left in the top of the box. The charity says it could easily have been mistaken for rubbish and taken away or been hit by a vehicle on the road.

However, the roughly one-year-old mum and her three-week-old babies are doing well and in the care of RSPCA Manchester and Salford.