No paws for thought as Council and charity save kitten

Poor little Ollie had such a bad start in life. The little 10 week old kitten was cruelly thrown onto an Enfield street when his owner was told by a landlord she could not keep pets. The helpless bundle could have so easily been run over and killed if not for a kindly taxi driver who saw him crying by the roadside.

The driver stopped to save him, and then passed him to a friend who was a cat lover who called the Animal Welfare Team at Enfield Council to see if they could help.

Suzanne Lewis, Animal Welfare Officer for Enfield Council said “This lady told me about Ollie and about his rough start.

“We came to collect him and put him in our kennels where we temporarily keep animals who have no homes. Unfortunately, we have very limited space and our kennels are not an ideal scenario for such a young kitten

"That’s when we decided to call Lea Valley Cats Protection to see if they could help with Ollie. We are so glad they said they could take him right away, and find him a new loving home.”

Pam Newton, Coordinator at Lea Valley Cats Protection said “I was so upset to hear about how Ollie was simply thrown onto the streets like a piece of unwanted rubbish.

“Sadly this is not an uncommon story for us, we often find cats who are strays who obviously belonged to someone at some point, who are discarded when people move, go on holiday or just get fed up with them.

“We are delighted we could help our colleagues at Enfield Council who are as concerned about the welfare of cats as we are.”

If you would like to offer a home to Ollie call Cats Protection on 0870 609 1241

This document was last updated on 2008-01-24 16:13:17 published by the Communications team. Document Reference:LBE_132285