Special delivery at Royal Mail – three first class kittens!
Posted on Wednesday, May 23 @ 16:55:50 BST by jenvetadmin
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jenvetnurse writes "Three tiny kittens were saved after being delivered by their stray mother – in the middle of a bustling Royal Mail Mail Centre.
The tiny trio of tabbies – William, Whiskers and Whisper – were spotted by eagle-eyed postmen nestled among parcels and letters at the busy unit in Bradford city centre which handles up to two million items of post every day.
Concerned staff called in volunteers from the UK’s leading feline welfare charity Cats Protection who rushed the two-week-old kittens to the warmth and safety of a volunteer’s home.
Because the kittens’ mother was an untamed feral, she hid from Cats Protection volunteers but was caught the following day with the use of a humane trap. She was then reunited with the kittens to rear them in a more suitable environment.
Seven weeks after they were found, the kittens have just been rehomed. Their mother, now named Win, who at the estimated age of ten is impossible to tame, has been given a new home on a farm where she can continue her outdoor way of life with the comfort of being regularly fed.
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Graham Hoult, Co-ordinator of Cats Protection’s Wharfe Valley Branch, said: “We were pretty stunned when we got the call and found these three tiny kittens amongst stacks of post and parcels. It was a very busy office with fork-lift trucks and heavy machinery all around.
“It was a very dangerous place for these kittens but thanks to the vigilance of staff we were able to get to them.
“Their mother Win has obviously had a pretty tough life – as an unneutered stray she has probably had dozens of litters and each time must have struggled to rear them. It’s heart-breaking to think this is the only safe place she had to raise her young.
“Despite what she’s been through, she was a terrific mother and now she has been neutered she will be able to enjoy her retirement in the great outdoors whilst her kittens have all gone to domestic homes.”
Mark Smith, Early Shift Manager at the Mail Centre, discovered the kittens after colleagues noticed the mother in the security compound. “We thought she may have come under cover to give birth,” he said, “so I clambered over some mail cages to take a look and found the three kittens.
“I have a cat of my own at home and my colleagues and I couldn’t bear leaving them in the Mail Centre overnight, so we contacted the local Cats Protection Branch for help. We’ve been phoning the charity regularly for updates, and it’s great news that the mother and kittens have been found homes.”
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For more information, please contact Michaela Phillips at Cats Protection’s Media Office on 01825 741358 or michaela.phillips@cats.org.uk
Notes to editors:
1. Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity, rehoming around 60,000 cats and kittens per year through a national network of 29 Adoption Centres and 261 volunteer-run Branches.
2. Cats Protection’s registered charity number is 203644. The charity’s vision is to ensure that every cat is given the chance of a life where it will be treated with kindness and understanding of its needs
3. Founded as the Cats Protection League in 1927, the charity adopted the name Cats Protection in 1998. We ask that you use the name Cats Protection when referring to the charity in all published material.
4. Issued by Cats Protection’s Media Office. Please contact Michaela Phillips in Cats Protection’s Media Office on 01825 741358 for more information or to arrange an interview.
5. More information about the work of Cats Protection can be found at www.cats.org.uk
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