Five dead kittens dumped in box on street

Five dead kittens have been found inside a pink and white plastic box that was seemingly abandoned on a street.

A member of the public called the RSPCA after making the discovery among a pile of rubbish on the corner of Harcourt Street, Luton.

The charity suspects that the animals, believed to be under a week old, may have drowned because they were wet despite recent dry weather.

The deaths are being investigated by RSPCA animal rescue officer Maya Thakrar.

"We are grateful to the member of the public reporting this to us - it must have been very distressing to find the bodies of these young kittens," she said.

The kittens were found on 29 March and the RSPCA urged people with any information to contact it.

The charity reminded pet owners that the best way to avoid unplanned litters was to to neuter kittens from the age of four months old.

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