Three underweight kittens are on the mend at the BC SPCA after being found injured and abandoned in a dumpster on Vancouver鈥檚 Downtown Eastside.

鈥淭hese three little kittens are small for their age and clearly had a traumatic start to life,鈥� Vancouver branch manager Jodi Dunlop said Friday.

鈥淭hey were left for dead in a box in a dumpster. We are so thankful to the Good Samaritan who found them and the couple who stopped to help get them to the shelter for care.鈥�

The three kittens were immediately brought to a veterinarian for treatment. One of the kittens had a broken pelvis and trauma to the face, which included bleeding in the eye and nostril and difficulty breathing. All three of the kittens were flea-infested and had internal parasites.

鈥淭hese kittens are so cute,鈥� says Dunlop. 鈥淒espite what they have been through, the current prognosis for all three of the kittens is good.鈥�

All of the kittens require a special feeding regimen because of their age and will be vaccinated, de-wormed and spayed or neutered. The kitten with the broken pelvis and trauma to the face will require an ongoing series of x-rays and pain control.

BC SPCA officials didn鈥檛 detail the total cost, but the animal-welfare agency operates on grants and donations.

ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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