Eleven kittens were found crammed into a small carrier which was dumped in a park in Leicester.
Staff at Leicester’s RSPCA Woodside are now caring for the kittens – and they couldn’t believe that so many had been jammed into such a small carrier.

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The kittens were found on Wednesday, January 15 in Western Park and were taken to the animal centre.
It was only when staff at the centre started to remove the kittens from the box that they realised how many were actually inside.
A total of 11 kittens – six boys and five girls had been crammed – on top of each other and were nose to tail inside.
Each kitten was then given a health check by the vet and their ages were assessed. It is thought there were at least two litters and their ages ranged from 9 – 16 weeks.
A spokesperson for the centre said: “We started to remove the kittens from the box, and just couldn’t believe how many were in there. We just kept bringing out more and more – and then the room was just filled with all of these kittens – it was just quite surreal to see.
“You could tell that were grateful to be out of the box which they had all been squished together so tightly and many were not pleased to have been in there. It was really sad that they had been put in a situation like this.
“They were all a little bit underweight for their size – but overall they were in a reasonable condition. They have all now been vaccinated and once they are ready we will look to rehome them.
“They were clearly quite frightened by their ordeal, but now that we have them in smaller groups in our cattery they have all settled well and their little personalities are shining through.”
They are mostly all black and white and there is also one ginger and white kitten and an all black one.
They have been named after characters from the children’s TV show Bluey – and have been called Bandit, Bingo, Lucky, Rusty, Stripe, Muffin, Winton, Brandy, Chilli, indy and Lila.
RSPCA Inspector Herchy Boal said: “It was one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen – every time we thought that all the kittens were out , another one would still be there.
“It’s really upsetting to think how scared and frightened they all were and the box itself smelt so badly of ferrets – it was quite overwhelming.
“The cats had not messed inside the box so it’s likely they had not been in there very long before they were found.
“We are grateful to the people who found them and are keen to speak to anyone who may have any information regarding these kittens.”
Anyone with first hand information about the kittens is urged to contact the RSPCA’s appeals Line on 0300 123 8018.”