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Nov 2020
Last Updated: 27/11/2020
Ripon man tried to save kittens thrown from moving car
Animal rights group PETA has heard about the incident and offered a £2,000 reward to find those responsible.
A Ripon man who tried to save kittens thrown from a moving car has spoken of the moment one of them died in his hands.
The council worker, who does not want to be named, was driving a recycling van at 2pm between Water Skellgate and Bondgate Green last Thursday.
He saw something in the road and then later saw, a couple of cars in front, a person on the driver's side of a brown or gold car throw a kitten in the air.
Susan Lund, the man's wife, recalled the moment to the Stray Ferret:
"He stopped the van and picked up the little kitten. It was still breathing but it soon died in his hands.
"The kitten's face was all smashed in from the impact. My husband was very upset by all of this.
"I think it is beyong shocking and absolutely abhorrent. They were just tiny babies. The person who did this was evil."
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The couple believe that they were just six to eight weeks old and were tabby type kittens.
Animal rights group PETA has heard about the incident and offered a £2,000 reward to find those responsible.
Elisa Allen, PETA director, said:
"A person capable of deliberately causing a helpless animal this kind of suffering demonstrates a deeply worrying psychological state and must be found.
"Someone in the area must have seen something or know something about the cruel individual(s) who committed this callous act."
Anyone who saw the incident have been urged to call the police on 101 and quote reference number 12200204632.
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