Photo: RSPCA
Animal rescuers are hoping to find a forever home for five cats who were left behind in a box earlier this week.
“Need a home. Merry Xmas — please help them,” read the handwritten message on the taped-up box flaps.
After noticing the drop-off, a staff member from the hospital contacted theRoyal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)to retrieve the abandoned animals.
Cats found abandoned in box.RSPCA
The RSPCA is now appealing for information about the family of cats so teams can either return them to their owner or find them a new home. Anyone with details on the animals, or who noticed anything unusual prior to 8 a.m. on Monday morning near the hospital, should contact the RSPCA at 0300-123-8018.
“Thankfully they are all in good condition and have obviously been well looked after previously,” Melanie Fisher, an RSPCA inspector who rescued the cats, said in a statement. “They are socialized and nice and friendly, but sadly someone has left them behind.”
She added: “We understand that people’s circumstances can change which might mean they can no longer care for their pets, but dumping an animal is never the answer.”
Cats found abandoned in box.
If an owner doesn’t come forward, Fisher said, then the pets will be re-homed.
This winter, theRSPCAexpects to take in more than 10,000 animals in need.
According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, an estimated 3.2 million cats enter shelters every year in the U.S. Of those, about 1.6 million are adopted and 90,000 are returned to their owners, theASPCA reports.
source: people.com
