Woman nurses kittens after two-day rescue
Some of the kittens are shy and get overshadowed by those who have bigger personalities, Josie Simpson saidA woman has nursed a litter of nine kittens back to health after rescuing them near a busy road.
Josie Simpson spent two days rounding up the moggies after she saw a social media post about them being spotted by the A34 in Whitchurch near Basingstoke.They are now 10 weeks old and set to be rehomed, but Ms Simpson admits she will probably keep "the smallest one"."He ended up at the emergency vets, they advised us to put him down because he couldn't walk," she said.
Ms Simpson, a self-confessed animal lover, saw a Facebook post last month saying how the kittens were seen in a popular dog-walking spot near the Ardglen Industrial Estate.Grogu is the smallest of the litter and was almost put down because he could not walk She said she "didn't even think twice" about rescuing them, adding "they're really tiny kittens, they're not going to stand a chance".
Using the bait of an opened tin of cat food, Ms Simpson said the kittens soon started appearing out of the long grass.Image source,The kittens sleep in Ms Simpson's kitchen and she keeps an eye on them with a pet cameraOne of them, who was particularly difficult to catch, was later named Houdini.Ms Simpson admits she will be "in a period of mourning" when they are rehomed.
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